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Making Museums an Integral Part of Formal Teaching and Learning
Sun, April 10, 8:15 to 9:45am, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 102 BSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
Informal learning spaces such as museums and other out of school learning environments provide unique interactive opportunities for learners to observe, reflect upon and understand the interdisciplinary nature of complex, real-world issues. Characterized by a constructivist approach, informal learning experiences allow learners to connect classroom knowledge to their everyday lives through active, hands-on and creative inquiry.
Collaboration between formal and informal spaces is one way in which pre-service and practicing teachers can begin to teach and learn outside of the classroom. At the same time, museum educators can leverage such collaborations to improve informal learning experiences at their institutions.
This session brings together practitioners and researchers who are exploring different models of partnership building among formal and informal learning institutions.
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It Takes Courage: Fostering the Development of Critical, Social Justice–Oriented Teachers Using Museum and Project-Based Instruction - Heather Marie Coffey, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Abiola A. Farinde, University of Pittsburgh
Promoting STEM Teaching and Learning Through an After-School Teaching Practicum - James F. Kisiel, California State University - Long Beach
Design and Development in a Children's Museum: A Multicase Study of an Interdisciplinary Preservice Teacher Collaboration - Sara Clarke-Vivier, University of New Hampshire
Preparing Teachers for Place-Based Instruction at the Tsongas Industrial History Center - Sheila Kirschbaum, University of Massachusetts - Lowell; Anita M. Greenwood, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Better Education Through Collaboration: Philadelphia's Cultural Fieldwork Initiative - Andrea Reidell, The National Archives at Philadelphia
Supporting Educator Learning: Designing, Leveraging, and Integrating Field Trips - Jenny D. Ingber, American Museum of Natural History; Roberta Altman, Bank Street College of Education
Tablet-Mediated Collaboration During Informal Knowledge-Building Activities: Scaffolding Collaborative Sense-Making and Coordination of Scientific Evidence - Heather Toomey Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University; Susan M. Land, The Pennsylvania State University