What makes learning fun?
Subtitle: principles for the design of intrinsically motivating museum exhibits
By: Deborah Perry
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780759108844; 9780759108851; 9780759121287
Subjects: Museums; Planning; Museum exhibits; Educational aspects
Description: Although much has been written in recent years on what museum visitors actually experience, there is little research-backed guidance available for developing meaningful exhibits and programs for specific educational purposes. Deborah L. Perrry looks at what we know about the experiences of people in museums and other informal learning settings and then shares a set of tested principles and strategies--known as the Selinda Model--for the design of effective museum exhibits. Along the way, she showcases examples of both effective and ineffective exhibit designs drawn from two decades of work in the field. -Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding visitor experiences; title: Visitors, conversation, and learning; title: Interpretive activism; title: An overview of the Selinda model of visitor learning; title: Designing visitor experiences; title: Communication; title: Collaboration; title: Guidance; title: Curiosity; title: Perceptual curiosity; title: Intellectual curiosity; title: Interest; title: Confidence; title: Success; title: Expediency; title: Challenge; title: Expectations; title: Uncertainty; title: Control; title: Choice; title: Power; title: Play; title: Imagination; title: Sensory exploration; title: References; title: Appendix A. Descriptions of the colored shadows and the color connection exhibits; title: Appendix B. Overview of original research; title: Appendix C. Summary of motivations, principles, and strategies; title: Appendix D. Sample knowledge hierarchies.