num_pages: 224
description: This seminal book describes the nature and extent of science learning in America with particular attention to the innumerable sources of science education existing outside the formal education system. Falk and his well-respected colleagues provide examples from research and practice on how to better understand, facilitate and communicate about free-choice science learning, including policy recommendations for insuring its growth and integration within the complex learning environment of the 21st century. This important and timely 
language: English
title: Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside of School
titlecomplete: Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside of School (Ways of Knowing in Science and Mathematics Series)
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Teachers College Press