Learning conversations in museums
By: edited by Gaea Leinhardt, Kevin Crowley, Karen Knutson.
Contributors: Leinhardt, Gaea; Crowley, Kevin; Knutson, Karen
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Museums -- Educational aspects.; Museum exhibits -- Social aspects.; Museum visitors -- Education.; Museum techniques -- Study and teaching (Higher); Museums -- Study and teaching (Higher); Non-formal education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: CONVERSATIONS: A YEAR OF LEARNING; title: 1. Creating a Space for Learning: Curators, Educators, and the Implied Audience; title: Karen Knutson; title: 2. Two Docents in Three Museums: Central and Peripheral Participation; title: Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt; title: 3. Museums in Family Life: An Ethnographic Case Study; title: Kirsten M. Ellenbogen; title: 4. Talking to Oneself: Diaries of Museum Visits; title: Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson; title: PART II: CONVERSATIONS: AN AFTERNOON; title: OF LEARNING; title: 5. Burning Buses, Burning Crosses: Student Teachers See Civil Rights; title: Gaea Leinhardt and Sr. Madeleine Gregg, fcJ; title: 6. Looking Through the Glass: Reflections of Identity in Conversations at a History Museum; title: Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt; title: 7. Voices and Images: Making Connections Between Identity and Art; title: Catherine Stainton; title: 8. Looking for Learning in Visitor Talk: A Methodological Exploration; title: Sue Allen; title: 9. Conversations Across Time: Family Learning in a Living History Museum; title: Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick; title: PART III: CONVERSATIONS: A MOMENT; title: OF LEARNING; title: 10. Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity; title: Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs; title: 11. Negotiations of Thematic Conversations About Biology; title: Doris Ash; title: 12. Finding Self in Objects: Identity Exploration in Museums; title: Scott G. Paris and Melissa J. Mercer; title: 13. Supporting Science Learning in Museums; title: Leona Schauble, Mary Gleason, Rich Lehrer, Karol Bartlett,; title: Anthony Petrosino, Annie Allen, Katie Clinton, Evelyn Ho,; title: Melanie Jones, Young-Sun Lee, Jo-Anne Phillips, John; title: Siegler, and John Street.