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ERIC Number: EJ723761
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 6
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
School Visits to Science Museums and Learning Sciences: A Complex Relationship
Guisasola, J.; Morentin, M.; Zuza, K.
Physics Education, v40 n6 p544-549 Nov 2005
Visits to science museums can provide a complement to the science learning carried out in schools. However, science museums are informal learning environments where teachers usually have very little control over the ideas being implicated or the experiments that the students carry out. It is necessary to design educational materials for the visit to the museum which integrate learning in schools and in museums, and which stimulate the interest and curiosity of the students by promoting independent learning via working in a group guided by the teacher. This article explains how we have designed these educational materials and their main characteristics.
Institute of Physics Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol, BS1 6BE, United Kingdom. E-mail: custserv@iop.org; Web site: http://journals.iop.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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