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Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits
“Doing” science, while engaging in scientific reasoning, 141 –143 , 275 –276
Drawing tasks, 65
E
Earth & Sky, 253 –254
Ecological framework for understanding learning across places and pursuits, 31 –41
critical issues, 41
culture-centered lens, 38 –41
people-centered lens, 34 –36
place-centered lens, 36 –38
Education policy, federal, 13
Educational broadcast media, 251 –257
Educational theories diagram, 38
Elderhostel programs, 12 , 48
Emergence of science learning in informal environments, 14 –18
Emotional engagement, 13
Engineering design process, 44 –45
Environments. See Designed environments;
Digital environments;
Learning science in informal environments;
Rural environments;
Urban environments
Epistemologies
indigenous, 225
practical, 69 –70
Equity. See Culture and equity;
Diversity and equity
Ethical issues, 323
Evaluators, 54
recommendations for practice and research for, 309 –310
Everyday and family learning activities, 2 –3 , 93 –116 , 293
about science, 47 –48
conclusion, 115 –116
media in venues and configurations for, 264 –267
sample parent-child incidental science conversation, 100
settings for everyday learning, 95 –97
structuring, 49
what is learned in, 99 –115
who learns in everyday settings, 97 –99
Evidences of science learning, in out-of-school/time programs, 174 –187 , 294 , 303
Excitement, in developing interest in science, 100 , 130 –131
Exhibit Commons, 72
Exhibit designers, recommendations for, 6 , 307 –308
ExhibitFiles, 72
Experiences
in informal science learning environments, 11 –12
opportunistic, 95
prior, while identifying with the scientific enterprise, 156 –157
Explanation while engaging in scientific reasoning, 143 –144
“Explanatoids,” 149
Explora, a program for older adults, 199
Exploratorium, 16
Expositions, 15
F
Failure, 68
Family learning, 32 –33 .
See also Everyday and family learning activities
Family values, reinforcing, 154
Federal Communications Commission, 251
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, 15
Federation of American Sciences, 263
Feedback mechanisms, 72
Field trips for learning in designed spaces, 132 –135
active participation in museum activities, 133
advance preparation, 132 –133
involvement by teachers and chaperones, 133 –134
reinforcement after the field trip, 134 –135
Fifth Dimension after-school program, for learning science, 184 , 186 –187
Film
giant screen, 259 –260
popular, 257 –259
Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects, 17
Frameworks
conclusions and recommendations on moving toward common, 304 –306 , 309 –310
need for common, 18 –20
Franklin, Benjamin, 45