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Facilitating museum to classroom connections: How the creation of classroom activities to supplement a museum visit transformed teachers' ideas about informal educational resources

April 1, 2009 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
Many teachers are unsure about how to best utilize museum educational resources. They do not think that approaches and strategies from informal learning environments apply to classroom settings (Melber & Cox-Peterson, 2005). Yet studies have shown that simple solutions such as exhibit orientation and conducting pre and post-visit activities to supplement a field trip can help students have a richer learning experience (Gilbert & Priest, 1997; Anderson & Lucas, 1997). The current study explores the affect of making relevant findings from informal learning research explicit to pre-service teachers in the context of a teacher training course. Pre-service teachers’ were interviewed before and after their participation in the course to determine if instruction changed their ability to articulate museum-to-classroom connections.

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    Author
    Rockman, et. al.
  • Citation

    Publication Name: Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 2009
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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