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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452114003321

Autore

Perry Deborah L

Titolo

What Makes Learning Fun? [[electronic resource] ] : Principles for the Design of Intrinsically Motivating Museum Exhibits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : AltaMira Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-64783-3

9786613633880

0-7591-2128-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

069.5

Soggetti

Museum exhibits - Planning

Museums - Educational aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Strategies; List of Figures; Introduction; Part I. UNDERSTANDING VISITOR EXPERIENCES; Chapter 1. Visitors, Conversation, and Learning; Chapter 2. Interpretive Activism; Chapter 3. The Selinda Model of Visitor Learning; Part II. DESIGNING VISITOR EXPERIENCES; Chapter 4. Communication; Chapter 5. Curiosity; Chapter 6. Confidence; Chapter 7. Challenge; Chapter 8. Control; Chapter 9. Play; Appendix A. Descriptions of the Colored Shadows and The Color Connection Exhibits; Appendix B. Overview of Original Research; Appendix C. The What Makes Learning Fun? Framework

Appendix D. Sample Knowledge HierarchiesAcknowledgments; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

What Makes Learning Fun? presents a set of tested principles and strategies for the design of museum exhibits, with concrete examples of design successes and failures drawn from the author's many years in the field.