Building Islands of Expertise in Everyday Family Activity
Date:
Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Resource Type:
Reference Materials | Edited Chapter
Environment Type:
Exhibitions, Museum and Science Center Exhibits
Audience:
Families | Parents/Caregivers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Museum/ISE Professionals
Discipline:
Education and learning science | General STEM | Life science
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
Description:
In this chapter we introduce the notion of islands of expertise, explore links between related socio-cultural and information processing theory, and overview a study of family conversations while parents and children look at authentic and replica fossils in a museum.
Funder(s):
NSF
Award Number:
9815021
Publication Name:
Learning Conversations in Museums
Document:
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