Learning science in informal environments
Subtitle: people, places, and pursuits
By: Philip Bell ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments, Board on Science Education, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Contributors: Bell, Philip, 1966-; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Learning Science in Informal Environments.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780309119559; 9780309119566
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching; Learning
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.