Putting Theory into Practice : Tools for Research in Informal Settings / edited by Doris Ash, Jrène Rahm, Leah M. Melber.

Informal learning, also called free choice learning or out-of-school time, is a relatively new field that has grown exponentially in the past 15 years. Research on the learning and teaching that takes place in these non-traditional, non-classroom environments, such as museums, gardens, afterschool a...

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Other Authors: Ash, Doris, Rahm, Jrène, Melber, Leah M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : SensePublishers, ©2012.
Series:New directions in mathematics and science education ; v. 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Doris B. Ash, Jrène Rahm
  • A Reflective Hermeneutic Approach to Research Methods Investigating Visitor Learning / David Anderson
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Methodologies for Reflective Practice and Museum Educator Research / Doris B. Ash, Judith Lombana
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Reframing Collaborations with Informal Science Institutions / James Kisiel
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Action Research as a Means to Learn to Teach in out-of-School Settings / Tali Tal
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Tracing our Methodological Steps / Thao Mai, Doris B. Ash
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Multi-Sited Ethnography / Jrène Rahm
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Mediated Action as a Framework for Exploring Learning in informal Settings / Shawn Rowe, Jennifer Bachman
  • Putting Theory into Practice / Leah Melber
  • Epilogue / Steven R. Guberman.