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What roles can museums serve in a learning community? Why do people go to museums and what do they learn there? The answers to these questions are investigated by combining research and theories from such disparate fields as psychology, neuroscience, education and anthropology, as well as museum studies. The authors explain the nature and process of learning while providing advice on how museums can better create learning environments. Foreword by Michael Spock.
Book News Annotation:
Explores questions surrounding why people go to museums, what they
learn there, and how museums can facilitate more effective learning
experiences. Draws on theory and research in disciplines including
psychology, education, anthropology, and neuroscience, as well as
museum research, to explain the nature and process of learning in the
museum context, and provides advice on how museums can create better
learning environments. Falk is director of the Institute for Learning
Innovation, and previously worked at the Smithsonian Institution for
14 years. Dierking is associate director of the Institute for
Learning Innovation.
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Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-263) and index.
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