Learning conversations in museums / edited by Gaea Leinhardt, Kevin Crowley, Karen Knutson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creating a space for learning : curators, educators, and the implied audience / Karen Knutson -- Two docents in three museums : central and peripheral participation / Mary Abu-Shumays and Gaea Leinhardt -- Museums in family life : an ethnographic case study / Kirsten M. Ellenbogen -- Talking to oneself : diaries of museum visits / Gaea Leinhardt, Carol Tittle, and Karen Knutson -- Burning buses, burning crosses : student teachers see civil rights / Gaea Leinhardt and Sr. Madeleine Gregg -- Looking through the glass : reflections of identity in conversations at a history museum / Joyce Fienberg and Gaea Leinhardt -- Voices and images : making connections between identity and art / Catherine Stainton -- Looking for learning in visitor talk : a methodological exploration / Sue Allen -- Conversations across time : family learning in a living history museum / Ellen Rosenthal and Jane Blankman-Hetrick -- Building islands of expertise in everyday family activity / Kevin Crowley and Melanie Jacobs -- Negotiations of thematic conversations about biology / Doris Ash -- Finding self in objects : identity exploration in museums / Soctt G. Paris and Melissa J. Mercer -- Supporting science learning in museums / Leona Schauble [and others].

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