Learning From Museums

In the second edition of their 2000 book, John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking offer an updated version of the Contextual Model of Learning, as well as present the latest advances in museum research, theory, and practice in order to provide readers an inside view of how and why people learn from their museum experiences.

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Learning from Museums: An Introduction
Chapter 2. The Personal Dimensions of Free-Choice Learning
Chapter 3. The Sociocultural Dimensions of Learning
Chapter 4. The Physical Dimensions of Learning
Chapter 5. The Dimensions of Time (and Space)
Chapter 6. Museums and the Individual
Chapter 7. Communities of Learning
Chapter 8. Museums as Spaces and Places for Learning
Chapter 9. The Contextual Model of Learning
Chapter 10. Documenting Learning from Museums
Chapter 11. Supporting Learning in and from Museums
Chapter 12. Museums in a Learning Society
Chapter 13. The Future of Museum as Institutions of Learning
References
Index

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By John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking

Summary

In the second edition of their 2000 book, John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking offer an updated version of the Contextual Model of Learning, as well as present the latest advances in museum research, theory, and practice in order to provide readers an inside view of how and why people learn from their museum experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn D Dierking, Lynn D. Dierking, Dierking Lynn D., John H Falk, John H. Falk, John H. Dierking Falk, Falk John H.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781442275980
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7598-0
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State; American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State and Local History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Contextual Model of Learning;Free-Choice Learning Research