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Direct linkMarandino, Martha – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
In this paper I report on the sociological and educational particulars of "The Biodiscovery Space" exhibition of the Life Museum of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using Basil Bernstein's framework of pedagogic discourse and recontextualization. Data for analysis was obtained from interviews with the exhibition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Museums, Exhibits
Nelson, Amy Grack; Cohn, Sarah – Journal of Museum Education, 2015
Museums often evaluate various aspects of their audiences' experiences, be it what they learn from a program or how they react to an exhibition. Each museum program or exhibition has its own set of goals, which can drive what an evaluator studies and how an evaluation evolves. When designing an evaluation, data collection methods are purposefully…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation, Museums
Falk, John H.; Needham, Mark D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
A range of sources support science learning, including the formal education system, libraries, museums, nature and Science Centers, aquariums and zoos, botanical gardens and arboretums, television programs, film and video, newspapers, radio, books and magazines, the Internet, community and health organizations, environmental organizations, and…
Descriptors: Income, Legislators, Telephone Surveys, Museums
Falk, John H.; Storksdieck, Martin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Most people visit a science center in order to satisfy specific leisure-related needs; needs which may or may not actually include science learning. Falk proposed that an individual's identity-related motivations provide a useful lens through which to understand adult free-choice science learning in leisure settings. Over a 3-year period the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Prior Learning, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Gupta, Preeti – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigates how teaching in a hands-on science center contributes to re/shaping one's teaching identity. Situated at the New York Hall of Science (NYHS) in Queens, New York, my research approach is to conduct a critical ethnography where the focus is on improving the teaching and learning of science for all involved. In…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Ethnography, Hands on Science, Museums
Peer reviewedKorn, Randi – Curator, 1995
Presents findings from a questionnaire administered at two science centers and two natural history museums. Tables reflect demographic characteristics, education level, group size, number of children per group, and respondents' preferences regarding live demonstrations, objects to handle, dioramas, and video programs. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Exhibits, Museums
