Learning science in informal environments : people, places, and pursuits /
Published by : National Academies Press, (Washington, D.C. :) Physical details: xii, 336 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN:9780309119559. Year: 2009 Item type: Short Term Loan| Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Course reserves |
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| Paro College Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | 507.1 BEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | E19454 | Available | E19454 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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