TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bell,Philip
AU  - Lewenstein,Bruce
AU  - Shouse,Andrew W
AU  - Feder,Michael A
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - Learning science in informal environments: people, places, and pursuits 
SN  - 9780309119559
U1  - 507.1 BEL 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Learning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -