TY  - BOOK
AU  - Falk,John H.
AU  - Donovan,Elizabeth
AU  - Woods,Rosalie
TI  - Free-choice science education: how we learn science outside of school 
SN  - 0807740659 (alk. paper)
AV  - Q181 .F8348 2001
U1  - 507/.1 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Non-formal education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: PART I. Theoretical Framework -- 1. Free-Choice Science Learning: Framing the Discussion -- John H. Falk -- 2. Who Produces Science Information for the Public? -- Bruce V. Lewenstein -- 3. Achieving Scientific Literacy: Strategies for Insuring -- That Free-Choice Science Education Complements -- National Formal Science Education Efforts -- Rodger W. Bybee -- 4. The Use of Time and Space in Assessing the Potential of -- Free-Choice Learning -- Geoffrey Godbey -- PART II. Research Case Studies -- 5. The Effects of Early Childhood TV-viewing on Learning -- John C. Wright, Daniel R. Anderson, Aletha C. Huston, -- Patricia A. Collins, Kelly L. Schmitt, and Deborah L. Linebarger -- 6. The Acquisition and Retention of Scientific Information -- by American Adults -- Jon D. Miller -- 7. Investigating the Role of Free-Choice Learning on Public -- Understanding of Science: The California Science Center -- L.A.S.E.R. Project -- John H. Falk, Pauline Brooks, and Rinoti Amin -- 8. Supporting and Documenting Choice in Free-Choice -- Science Learning Environments -- Robert B. Lebeau, Phyllis Gyamfi, Karen Wizevich, -- and Emlyn H. Koster -- PART III. Looking to the Future -- 9. The First Free-Choice Science Learning Conference: -- From Issues to Future Directions -- Jessica J. Luke, Betty Dunckel Camp, Lynn D. Dierking, -- and Ursula J. Pearce -- 10. The Free-Choice Education Sector as a Sleeping Giant -- in the Public Policy Debate -- Diane B. Frankel -- 11. Supporting Systemic School Science Education Reform -- in Partnership with Free-Choice Science Learning: -- A Texas Case Study -- Charlie Walter and Vanessa Westbrook -- 12. Free-Choice Science Learning: Future Directions -- for Researchers -- Laura Martin -- 13. A Practitioner's View on the Value of an Infrastructure for -- Free-Choice Science Learning -- Ann M. Muscat -- Appendix. Free-Choice Learning: Assessing the Informal Science -- Education Infrastructure, 1998 Conference Participants -- About the Contributors -- Index
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