Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-Based Education: School in the Park

ISBN-13: 9780805856354 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 192 str.

Ian Pumpian; Douglas Fisher; Susan Wachowiak

Opis

School in the Park is an innovative museum-based educational effort to engage students in their community during the school day. "Challenging the Classroom Standard Through Museum-Based Education "presents the experience of School in the Park from t

Recenzje

"This is a timely volume, given the shortage of funding for the arts and the general impetus, particularly in urban areas, to look at community partnerships as a primary, if not sole, means of providing quality arts education. It is also compelling, in that it takes the now familiar concept of 'arts integration' a step further--describing an integration of places for learning that is much more authentic than 'field trips.'"
—Gail Burnaford
Florida Atlantic University

Spis treści

Contents: G.E. Hein, Foreword. Preface. I. Pumpian, S. Wachowiak, D. Fisher, School in the Park–A Unique Learning Experience for Children and Teachers. I. Pumpian, M. Grant, S. Wachowiak, Perspectives on Learning–
Creating Optimal Conditions for Learning. D. Lapp, J. Flood, Talking in Museums: When Vices Turn Into Virtues, Exploring Oral Language Development. N. Frey, Reading in the Park. L. Fearn, N. Farnan, An Authentic Context for Writing to Learn and Teaching Writing Intentionally. N.L. McDonald, Arts as a Centerpiece for Integrated Learning. K. Masarik, Where Is the Mathematics? Everywhere! D. Ross, The Opportunity to Learn Science Like Scientists: Museums Are a Good Idea. E.M. Schell, Engaging Students in Social Studies Through Exploration, Documentation, and Analysis: Museums and Field Studies Can Bring Social Studies to Life.

O autorze

Ian Pumpian, Douglas Fisher, Susan Wachowiak