Adapting Museum Visitors as Participants Benefits their Learning Experience?. (9th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahmad, Shamsidar; Abbas, Mohamed Yusoff; Yusof, Wan Zaiyana Mohd; Mohd.Taib, Mohd. Zafrullah
• Is Part Of: Procedia--social and behavioral sciences. Volume 168(2015)
• Page Start: 156
• Page End: 170
• Publication Date: 2015-01-09
• Subjects: visitors'experience and learning -- public participation -- informal learning -- lifelong learning.; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Congresses; Arts -- Periodicals; Arts -- Congresses; Humanities -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Congresses; 300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.221
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-0428

Abstract

Abstract: Public participation such as visitor satisfaction was directly related to experience of learning and discovery and involvement in motivating learning behaviour at the museum. This will enhancing museum in direction shaping a sustainable future as the museums as institutions for lifelong learning. How visitors learn in museums, will be given us a set of very practical strategies and tools for designing exhibits. This paper reports a current status of a study focusing on Research Framework (RF) towards an adult visitors' learning within informal education setting through museum exhibitions, which is a part of on-going doctoral research programme that correlated with the museum management in Malaysia.