Notice catalographique « Public institutions for personal learning : establishing a research agenda »

• Falk, John H. (John Howard), 1948-
• Dierking, Lynn D. (Lynn Diane), 1956-
• American Association of Museums. Technical Information Service

CONTENTS

Part I
Defining Outcomes and Research Questions 15
What Do We Think People Learn In Museums?
John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland 17

How Should We Investiyate Learning In Museums?
Research Questions and Project Designs
John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland 23

Establishing A Long-Term Learning Research Agenda For Museums
John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking 31

Part II
Background papers 35
Learning in Interactive Environments: Prior Knowledge and New Experience
Jeremy Roschell, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 37

Museum Memory
Douglas Herrman, National Center for Health Statistics and Dana Plude,
Department of Pyschology, University of Maryland 53

Intrinsic Motivation in Museums: Why Does One Want to Learn?
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Kim Hermanson,
The University of Chicago 67

The Influence of Culture on Learning and Behavior
John U. Ogbu, University of California at Berkeley 79

Evidence of Development from People 's Participation in
Communities of Learners
Eugene Matusov and Barbara Rogoff, University of California at Santa Cruz 97

Human-Factor Considerations in the Design of
Museums to Optimize Their Impact on Learning
Alan Hedge, Cornell University 105

Learning and the Physical Environment
Gary W. Evans, Cornell University 119

Part III
Further Reflections About Long-Term Learning Research in Museums 127

Mucking Around in Museum Research
Deborah Edward, Austin Children's Museum 129

The Need for Learning Research in Museums
Linda Downs, National Gallery of Art 133

Creating an Academic Home for Informal Science Education
Alan J. Friedman, New York Hall of Science 135

Notes on Contributors 141

Conference Participants 143

• Museums - Educational aspects
• Musées - Aspect éducatif