"John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking. Schaubel, L., Banks ... In L. Schauble & R. Glaser
(Eds.), Innovations in learning. Mahwah, NJ: ... institutions. Lanham, MD: AltaMira
Press, 229–46; Anderson, D., Storksdieck, M., & Spock, M. 2006. ... In J. Falk, L.
Dierking & S. Foutz (Eds.), In principle, in practice: Museums as learning
institutions. Lanham, MD: ... In J. Falk (Ed.), Free-choice science education: How
we learn ..."
"In the last section of the book, we provide a guide to the museum experience for
the museum professional. ... tried to use what we have learned about the
museum experience to inform the practice of museum interpretation and
exhibition design. ... of the common, but still poorly understood, use by the public
of places like science centers, art museums, history museums, ... Like most
education-oriented museum professionals, we have d ..."
"He helped to make such terms as “holding power,” “attracting power,” and “
museum fatigue” common in the museum literature. Miles, R. S., Alt, M. B.,
Gosling, D.C., Lewis, B. N., & Tout, A. F. (Eds.). (1982). The design of educational
exhibits. London: George Allen & Unwin. An important anthology of articles about
creating and evaluating effective educational exhibits. Munley, M. E. (1986).
Asking the right questions: Evaluation and ..."
"According to designer Marjorie Elliott Bevlin, “Design is the organization of
materials and forms in such a way as to fulfill a spe— cific purpose.”44 In the
case of museums, that purpose is to visually, and increasingly aurally and
socially, attract ..."
"... Peter Samis, Carol Saunders, Dave Schaller, Leona Schauble, Jerry Schuble,
Carol Scott, Beverly Serrell, Beverly Sheppard, Lois Silverman, Silvia Singer,
Michael Spock, Carol Stapp, Nancy Staus, Walter Staveloz, Jill Stein, A.T.
Stephens, Mark St. John, Martin Storksdieck, Sonnet Takahisa, Tali Tal, Kate
Tinworth, ... We also thank our Left Coast Press, Inc., publisher Mitch Allen for his
vision and willingness to assume the ri ..."
"Museums as Learning Institutions John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking, Susan Foutz.
respect, communication, learning, choice and control, challenge and confidence,
and revitalization. Students are rarely given the opportunity to share their ... falls
on the shoulders of museum educators. However, museum educators largely
learn on the job; there are few specific training courses available. As a result,
many programs are “teacher centered, ..."
"We have settled on Thursday through Saturday afternoon hours because of a
requirement by the American Automobile Association (AAA) that to maintain a
listing in their Tour Book, an attraction must be open to the public for a minimum
of 12 hours per week. Since our AAA Tour Book listing is probably our most
effective publicity, bringing in a rather steady stream of families and touring
groups year-round, we make sure we meet their r ..."