Perspectives on Object-centered Learning in Museums

by Paris, Scott G.

• ISBN13: 9781410604132
• ISBN10: 1410604136
• Copyright: 2002-05-13
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

The goal of this book is to cull from the last NSF conference, the "best ideas about how children interact with objects & through that interaction acquire new understandings, attitudes, and feelings."

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Studying Learning With Objects in Contexts

The Role of Context in Children's Learning From Objects and Experiences

The Role of Objects in Active, Distributed Meaning-Making

Children Learning With Objects in Informal Learning Environments

The Authentic Object? A Child's-Eye View

When the Object Is Digital: Properties of Digital Surrogate Objects and Implications for Learning

Through the Garden Gate: Objects and Informal Education for Environmental and Cultural Awareness in Arboreta and Botanic Gardens

Epistemological Issues About Objects.

Discipline-Based Explorations of Objects

Learning With, Through, and About Art: The Role of Social Interactions

Placing Objects Within Disciplinary Perspectives: Examples From History and Science

Fostering an Investigatory Stance: Using Text to Mediate Inquiry With Museum Objects

Objects and Learning: Understanding Young Children's Interaction With Science Exhibits

Reading Objects

Cloaking Objects in Epistemological Practices.

Conversations About Objects

Object-Based Learning and Family Groups

Maps, Globes, and Videos: Parent-Child Conversations About Representational Objects

Pathways Among Objects and Museum Visitors

Objects of Learning, Objects of Talk: Changing Minds in Museums

Leveling the Playing Field Through Object-Based Service Learning

The Object of Experience.

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