Making museum memories
Date:
Friday, September 28, 2018
Resource Type:
Blog Post | Reference Materials
Environment Type:
Public Programs, Making and Tinkering Programs, Museum and Science Center Programs
Audience:
Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Families | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
Discipline:
Education and learning science | General STEM
Organization:
Loyola University Chicago
Description:
Conversations shortly after hands-on learning experiences can consolidate children’s fleeting patterns of engagement with objects into long-lasting memories. Moreover, conversational reflection can add layers of understanding of events beyond what is available from direct experience with objects alone.
For the past several years, my colleagues and I have partnered with practitioners at Chicago Children’s Museum on projects to build knowledge and a research base for educational practices in museums. One focus of our work together concerns family engagement in conversational reflections about museum experiences.
Funder(s):
NSF
Funding Program:
AISL
Award Number:
1515771
Funder(s):
NSF
Funding Program:
AISL
Award Number:
1516541
Publication Name:
Blog on Learning and Development (BOLD)
Document:
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