Children's Museums as a New Informal Learning Environment in China: Practice, Impact and Implications

ISBN-13: 9780367542832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 186 str.

Xin Gong

Opis

Based on solid theoretical and empirical analyses, this book provides a first and fresh introduction to the recent development of children's museums in China, along with their educational and social impacts as an informal learning environment for children, families and society in general.

Spis treści

1: Introduction  2: Children’s Museum as An Informal Learning Environment  3: The Development of Children’s Museums in China  4: What Is Happening in China’s Children’s Museums?  5: Educational Impact of Children’s Museum in China  6: Social Impact of Children’s Museum in China  7: Summary and Implications

O autorze

Xin Gong is an associate professor in School of Education, Central China Normal University. Her research interest is the economic and policy analyses of issues in early childhood education. She has published articles in Child Development, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Studies in Educational Evaluation, etc. She is a member of the Academic Committee of the Children's Museum Research Center in Beijing Normal University.