Perspectives on object-centered learning in museums. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Scott G. Paris.
• Other Names: Paris, Scott G, 1946-
• Contents: Part I. Studying Learning with Objects in Contexts. 1. The role of context in children's learning from objects and experiences / Lynn Dierking ; 2. The role of objects in active, distributed meaning-making / Shawn Rowe ; 3. Children learning with objects in informal learning environments / Scott G. Paris and Susanna E. Hapgood ; 4. The authentic object? : a child's-eye view / E. Margaret Evans, Melinda S. Mull, and Devereaux A. Poling ; 5. When the object is digital : properties of digital surrogate objects and implications for learning / C. Olivia Frost ; 6. Through the garden gate : objects and informal education for environmental and cultural awareness in arboreta and botanic gardens / David C. Michener and Inger J. Schultz ; 7. Epistemological issues about objects / James V. Wertsch -- Part II. Discipline-Based Explorations of Objects. 8. Learning with, through, and about art : the role of social interactions / Barbara Piscitelli and Katrina Weier ; 9. Placing objects within disciplinary perspectives : examples from history and science / Robert Bain and Kirsten M. Ellenbogen ; 10. Fostering an investigatory stance : using text to mediate inquiry with museum objects / Susanna E. Hapgood and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar ; 11. Objects and learning : understanding young children's interaction with science exhibits / Léonie J. Rennie and Terence P. McClafferty ; 12. Reading objects / Christina E. van Kraayenoord and Scott G. Paris ; 13. Cloaking objects in epistemological practices / Leona Schauble -- Part III. Conversations About Objects. 14. Object-based learning and family groups / Minda Borun ; 15. Maps, globes, and videos : parent-child conversations about representational objects / Maureen A. Callanan, Jennifer L. Jipson, and Monika Stampf Soennichsen ; 16. Pathways among objects and museum visitors / Kristine A. Morrissey ; 17. Objects of learning, objects of talk : changing minds in museums / Gaea Leinhardt and Kevin Crowley ; 18. Leveling the playing field through object-based service learning / DeAnna Banks Beane and Myla Shanae Pope ; 19. The object of experience / Sally Duensing.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (408 pages)
• Subjects: 069/.15; Children's museums -- Environmental aspects; Learning, Psychology of; Active learning; Object-teaching; Musées pour enfants -- Aspect éducatif; Apprentissage, Psychologie de l'; Apprentissage par l'action; Leçons de choses; Museumdidactiek; Kinderen; Leren; Onderwijs; Leerpsychologie; Museus (educação); Ensino e aprendizagem; Éducation muséale; Musée pour enfants; Aspect pédagogique; Pédagogie active; Leçon de choses; Aufsatzsammlung; Museumspädagogik; Active learning; Learning, Psychology of; Object-teaching; Museums -- education; Learning; Psychology, Educational
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135645274; 1135645272
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.