Learning conversations in museums / edited by Gaea Leinhardt, Kevin Crowley, Karen Knutson.

Other author Leinhardt, Gaea.
Other author Crowley, Kevin.
Other author Knutson, Karen.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum,
Descriptionxiii, 461 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Machine generated contents note: PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING -- 1. Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience -- Karen Knutson -- 2. Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation -- Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt -- 3. Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study -- Kirsten M. Ellenbogen -- 4. Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits -- Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson -- PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON -- OF LEARNING -- 5. Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights -- Gaea Leinhardt and Sr. Madeleine Gregg, fcJ -- 6. Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History Museum -- Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt -- 7. Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art -- Catherine Stainton -- 8. Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration -- Sue Allen -- 9. Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum -- Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick -- PART III: CONVERSATIONS: A MOMENT -- OF LEARNING -- 10. Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity -- Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs -- 11. Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology -- Doris Ash -- 12. Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums -- Scott G. Paris and Melissa J. Mercer -- 13. Supporting Science Learning in Museums -- Leona Schauble, Mary Gleason, Rich Lehrer, Karol Bartlett, -- Anthony Petrosino, Annie Allen, Katie Clinton, Evelyn Ho, -- Melanie Jones, Young-Sun Lee, Jo-Anne Phillips, John -- Siegler, and John Street.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002024253
ISBN0805840524 (cloth : alk. paper)

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