Learning science in informal environments : people, places, and pursuits / Philip Bell ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments, Board on Science Education, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments., Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Bell, Philip, 1966-

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching.

Science.

Learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning. Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines--research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings--museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens. Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators.

Contents:

""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""Part I: Learning Science in Informal Environments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Theoretical Perspectives""; ""3 Assessment""; ""Part II: Venues and Configurations""; ""4 Everyday Settings and Family Activities""; ""5 Science Learning in Designed Settings""; ""6 Programs for Young and Old""; ""Part III: Cross-Cutting Features""; ""7 Diversity and Equity""; ""8 Media""; ""Part IV: Conclusions, Recommendations, and Future Directions""; ""9 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""

""Appendix B: Some Technical Considerations in Assessment""""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612239182

9780309141130

0309141133

9781282239180

128223918X

9780309119566

0309119561

OCLC:

923280391