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Supporting Visitor-Centered Learning through Practice-Based Facilitation
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Harlow, Danielle B.; Skinner, Ron K. – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
Learning by engaging in the practices of a discipline (practice-based learning) provides museum visitors with opportunities to construct understandings that build on their prior experiences and interests. However, effectively facilitating such learning experiences is difficult. We present a framework that supports facilitators in providing…
Descriptors: Museums, Experiential Learning, Exhibits, STEM Education
Biomimicry outside the Classroom
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Eagle-Malone, Rebecca S. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Biomimicry, the process of using nature to guide innovative thinking and development, can be useful in helping students grasp scientific concepts. Teachers interested in incorporating biomimicry into lesson plans might find that experiential learning at informal science institutions (ISIs) with natural models and artifacts is a valuable tool to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Exhibits
Photovoice as an Evaluation Tool for Student Learning on a Field Trip
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Behrendt, Marc; Machtmes, Krisanna – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: Photovoice is one method that enables an educator to view an experience from a student's perspective. This study examined how teachers might use photovoice during an informal learning experience to understand the students' experiences and experiential gain. Design and methods: Participants in this study consisted of six students, three…
Descriptors: Photography, Social Action, Teaching Methods, Informal Education
Institutionalization in Action: Interactive Science Center Interactivity and Materiality from the Family Perspective
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Crain, Rhiannon Lorraine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Interactive science centers are unique players in the science education community, but their positioning as both authorities on science and providers of "free choice" learning presents learning researchers with a problematic contradiction rooted in the complexities of trying to be both "scientific" and "education" organizations. Using insight from…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Science Teaching Centers, Science Education, Learning Activities
Introducing a Fifth Pedagogy: Experience-Based Strategies for Facilitating Learning in Natural Environments
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Ballantyne, Roy; Packer, Jan – Environmental Education Research, 2009
Educators have identified four categories of "productive pedagogies" that are considered to lead to authentic student engagement and learning in the classroom. This study was designed to explore and extend these pedagogies in the context of learning in natural environments, in particular, through the programmes of Queensland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Program Descriptions
Challenge of Materials at the Science Museum: A Resource for GNVQ Science and Engineering.
Bazley, Martin – PSSI Forum (Past Sixteen Science Issues), 1997
Describes "Challenge of Materials," a gallery where visitors can experience a wide variety of materials in different ways. Materials include familiar structural items such as steel and glass, and new materials that can change form and color. The gallery also provides opportunities for work with schools in materials science and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Museums