Adult education in cultural institutions
Subtitle: aquariums, libraries, museums, parks, and zoos
By: Edward W. Taylor and Marilyn McKinley Parrish, editors
Series: New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 127; New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 127.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Public aquariums; Educational aspects; Libraries; Zoos; Parks; Museums; Libraries and museums; Adult education; Continuing education
Notes: "Fall 2010."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural institutions and adult education  -- Edward, W. Taylor; title: Promoting adult learning through civil discourse in the public library  -- Nancy Kranich; title: The role of zoos and aquariums in education for a sustainable future  -- Jon Packer, Roy Ballantyne; title: Museums: adult education as cultural politics  -- Carmel Borg, Peter Mayo; title: (Re)membering : excavating and performing uncommon narratives found in archives and historical societies  -- Amada Kemp, Marilyn McKinley Parrish; title: Adult learning in Free-choice, environmental settings : what makes it different?  -- Joe E. Heimlich, E. Elaine T. Horr; title: Literacies, narratives, and adult learning in libraries  -- Jim Elmborg; title: All work and no play makes for a dull museum visitor  -- Robin S. Grenier; title: Reflections on adult learning in cultural institutions -- Marilyn McKinley Parrish.