Understanding Interactions at Science Centers and Museums

1. Introduction
Eva Davidsson, Anders Jakobsson

2. Using Sociocultural Frameworks to Understand the Significance of Interactions at Science and Technology Centers and Museums
Anders Jakobsson, Anders Jakobsson, Eva Davidsson, Eva Davidsson

3. Changing Practices, Changing Identities as Museum Educators
Doris Ash, Judith Lombana, Lucia Alcala

4. The Medium is the Message
Erminia Pedretti

5. Family Engagement at Aquarium Touch Tanks—Exploring Interactions and the Potential for Learning
Shawn Rowe, James Kisiel

6. Student Teachers’ Moment-to-Moment Reasoning and the Development of Discursive Themes – an Analysis of Practical Epistemologies in a Natural History Museum Exhibit
Jesús Piqueras, Per-Olof Wickman, Karim M. Hamza

7. The Impact of Exhibit-Based Professional Development on Teachers’Pck
Judith S. Lederman, Gary M. Hollyday, Norman Lederman

8. Exploring and Scaffolding Learning Interactions Between Teachers,Students and Museum Educators
Janette Griffin

9. Look and Learn
Terence P McClafferty, Léonie Rennie

10. Activity Theory as a Lens to Examine Project-Based Museum Partnerships in Robotics
Jrène Rahm

11. Scaffolding Students’ Post-Visit Learning from Interactive Exhibits
Jennifer DeWitt

12. Imitating the Family Visit
Tali Tal

Keywords: Education, Learning & Instruction