conference :: Sanford, C. (2009, April). Facilitating museum to classroom connections: How the creation of classroom activities to supplement a museum visit transformed teachers' ideas about informal educational resources. Poster session presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

last updated: 2009-04-29 14:02:19

Abstract

Many teachers are unsure about how to best utilize museum educational resources. They do not think that approaches and strategies from informal learning environments apply to classroom settings (Melber & Cox-Peterson, 2005). Yet studies have shown that simple solutions such as exhibit orientation and conducting pre and post-visit activities to supplement a field trip can help students have a richer learning experience (Gilbert & Priest, 1997; Anderson & Lucas, 1997). The current study explores the affect of making relevant findings from informal learning research explicit to pre-service teachers in the context of a teacher training course. Pre-service teachers’ were interviewed before and after their participation in the course to determine if instruction changed their ability to articulate museum-to-classroom connections.

Keywords	AERA 2009; ILER SIG,“Instructional Issues in Non-Computer-Based Learning Environments
Download	AERA2009FieldTripPoster.pdf

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