1,556
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Engagement in a Science Museum – The Role of Social Interactions

, &

References

  • Allen, S. (2004). Designs for learning: Studying science museum exhibits that do more than entertain. Science Education, 88(S1), S17–S33. doi:10.1002/sce.20016
  • Archer, L., Dawson, E., DeWitt, J., Seakins, A., & Wong, B. (2015). “Science capital”: A conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending bourdieusian notions of capital beyond the arts. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 52(7), 922–948. doi:10.1002/tea.21227
  • Archer, L., Dawson, E., Seakins, A., & Wong, B. (2016). Disorientating, fun or meaningful? Disadvantaged families’ experiences of a science museum visit. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 11(4), 917–939. doi:10.1007/s11422-015-9667-7
  • Ash, D. (2003). Dialogic inquiry in life science conversations of family groups in a museum. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(2), 138–162. doi:10.1002/tea.10069
  • Ash, D., Lombana, J., & Alcala, L. (2012). Changing practices, changing identities as museum educators. In E. Davidsson & A. Jakobsson (Eds.), Understanding interactions at science centers and museums (pp. 23–44). Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
  • Bamberger, Y., & Tal, T. (2007). Learning in a personal context: Levels of choice in a free choice learning environment in science and natural history museums. Science Education, 91(1), 75–95.
  • Bamberger, Y., & Tal, T. (2008). Multiple outcomes of class visits to natural history museums: The students' view. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 17(3), 274–284.
  • Birney, B. A. (1988). Criteria for successful museum and zoo visits: Children offer guidance. Curator: The Museum Journal, 31(4), 292–316. doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.1988.tb00701.x
  • Bloom, B. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. New York, NY: David McKay.
  • Borun, M., & Dritsas, J. (1997). Developing family‐friendly exhibits. Curator: The Museum Journal, 40(3), 178–196. doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.1997.tb01302.x
  • Cox-Petersen, A. M., Marsh, D. D., Kisiel, J., & Melber, L. M. (2003). Investigation of guided school tours, student learning, and science reform recommendations at a museum of natural history. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(2), 200–218. doi:10.1002/tea.10072
  • DeWitt, J., & Hohenstein, J. (2010). Supporting student learning: A comparison of student discussion in museums and classrooms. Visitor Studies, 13(1), 41–66. doi:10.1080/10645571003618758
  • DeWitt, J., & Storksdieck, M. (2008). A short review of school field trips: Key findings from the past and implications for the future. Visitor Studies, 11(2), 181–197. doi:10.1080/10645570802355562
  • Ellenbogen, K. M. (2002). Museums in family life: An ethnographic case study. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, & K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning conversations in museums (pp. 81–101). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.‏
  • Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (1992). The museum experience. Washington, DC: Whalesback Books.
  • Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2000). Learning from museums: Visitors’ experiences and the making of meaning. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
  • Falk, J., & Storksdieck, M. (2005). Using the contextual model of learning to understand visitor learning from a science center exhibition. Science Education, 89(5), 744–778. doi:10.1002/sce.20078
  • Faria, C., & Chagas, I. (2012). School-visit to a science center: Student interaction with exhibits and the relevance of teachers’ behavior. Revista Electr_Onica de Ense ∼ Nanza de las Ciencias, 11(3), 582–594.
  • Gutwill, J. P., & Allen, S. (2010). Facilitating family group inquiry at science museum exhibits. Science Education, 94(4), 710–742. ‏doi:10.1002/sce.20387
  • Gutwill, J. P., & Allen, S. (2012). Deepening students’ scientific inquiry skills during a science museum field trip. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 21(1), 130–181. doi:10.1080/10508406.2011.555938
  • Gutwill, J. P., & Dancstep, T. (2017). Boosting metacognition in science museums: Simple exhibit label designs to enhance learning. Visitor Studies, 20(1), 72–88. doi:10.1080/10645578.2017.1297132
  • Hauan, N. P., & DeWitt, J. (2017). Comparing materials for self-guided learning in interactive science exhibitions. Visitor Studies, 20(2), 165–186. ‏doi:10.1080/10645578.2017.1404349
  • Hayward, J., & Hart, J. K. (2015). The value of educators “on the floor”: Comparing three modes of presenting science on a sphere®. Journal of Museum Education, 40(2), 180–194. ‏doi:10.1179/1059865015Z.00000000094
  • Hong, O., & Song, J. (2013). A new method of understanding learning in science centers: Context diagrams of learning experiences. Visitor Studies, 16(2), 181–200. doi:10.1080/10645578.2013.827021
  • Humphrey, T., & Gutwill, J. P. (2017). Fostering active prolonged engagement: The art of creating APE exhibits. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Jakobsson, A., & Davidsson, E. (2012). Using sociocultural frameworks to understand the significance of interactions at science and technology centers and museums. In E. Davidsson & A. Jakobsson (Eds.), Understanding interactions at science centers and museums (pp. 3–22). Rotterrdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  • Lemke, J. L. (2001). Articulating communities: Sociocultural perspectives on science education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 38(3), 296–316. ‏doi:10.1002/1098-2736(200103)38:3<296::AID-TEA1007>3.0.CO;2-R
  • Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Lucas, K. B. (2000). One teacher’s agenda for a class visit to an interactive science center. Science Education, 84(4), 524–544. doi:10.1002/1098-237X(200007)84:4<524::AID-SCE6>3.0.CO;2-X
  • Mortensen, M. F. (2011). Analysis of the educational potential of a science museum learning environment: Visitors’ experience with and understanding of an immersion exhibit. International Journal of Science Education, 33(4), 517–545. doi:10.1080/09500691003754589
  • National Research Council (2009). Learning science in informal environments: People, places, and pursuits. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
  • Packer, J., & Ballantyne, R. (2016). Conceptualizing the visitor experience: A review of literature and development of a multifaceted model. Visitor Studies, 19(2), 128–143. ‏doi:10.1080/10645578.2016.1144023
  • Paris, S. G., & Hapgood, S. E. (2002). Children learning with objects in informal learning environments. In S. Paris (Ed.), Perspectives on object-centered learning in museums (pp. 37–54). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Patton, M. Q. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
  • Price, S., & Hein, G. E. (1991). More than a field trip: Science programmes for elementary school groups at museums. International Journal of Science Education, 13(5), 505–519. ‏doi:10.1080/0950069910130502
  • Rahm, J. (2004). Multiple modes of meaning-making in a science center. Science Education, 88(2), 223–247. doi:10.1002/sce.10117
  • Rennie, L. J. (1994). Measuring affective outcomes from a visit to a science education center. Research in Science Education, 24(1), 261–269. doi:10.1007/BF02356352
  • Rogoff, B. (2003). The cultural nature of human development (1st ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Sandifer, C. (2003). Technological novelty and open‐endedness: Two characteristics of interactive exhibits that contribute to the holding of visitor attention in a science museum. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(2), 121–137. doi:10.1002/tea.10068
  • Sanford, C. W. (2010). Evaluating family interactions to inform exhibit design: Comparing three different learning behaviors in a museum setting. Visitor Studies, 13(1), 67–89. doi:10.1080/10645571003618782
  • Schwan, S., Grajal, A., & Lewalter, D. (2014). Understanding and engagement in places of science experience: Science museums, science centers, zoos, and aquariums. Educational Psychologist, 49(2), 70–85. ‏doi:10.1080/00461520.2014.917588
  • Shaby, N., Ben-Zvi Assaraf, O., & Tal, T. (2019). An examination of the interactions between museum educators and students on a school visit to science museum. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56, 211–239.
  • Tal, T., & Morag, O. (2007). School visits to natural history museums: Teaching or enriching? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(5), 747–769.
  • Vartiainen, H., & Enkenberg, J. (2014). Participant-led photography as a mediating tool in object-oriented learning in a museum. Visitor Studies, 17(1), 66–88. doi:10.1080/10645578.2014.885359
  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher mental process. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1987). The collected works of LS Vygotsky: The fundamentals of defectology (Vol. 2). New York, NY: Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Zimmerman, H. T., Reeve, S., & Bell, P. (2010). Family sense making practices in science center conversations. Science Education, 94(3), 478–505.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.