INTRODUCTORY READINGS IN INFORMAL LEARNING

This introductory list provides an introduction to key ideas related to learning theory, inquiry, museum-based learning, classroom-based science inquiry, and school organizational issues.

Learning
National Research Council (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Committe on Developments in the Science of Learning. J.D. Bransford, and A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, (Eds.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Read Annotation >

Dewey, J. (1938) Experience and education. New York: Touchstone. Read Annotation >

Museums
Falk, J.H. and Dierking, L.D. (2000). The museum experience. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press. Read Annotation >

Hein, G.E. (1998). Learning in the museum. London: Routledge. Read Annotation >

Classroom Science
Minstrell, J., van Zee, H. (eds.) (2000) Inquiring into inquiry learning and teaching in science. Read Annotation >

National Science Foundation. (1999) Inquiry: thoughts, views and strategies for the K-5 classroom. Foundations, 2. Read Annotation >

Driver, R, Leach, J., Millar, R., & Scott, P. (1996). Young People's Images of Science. Buckingham: Open University Press. (Chapters 1-4) Read Annotation >

School Organizational Issues
Ogawa, R. T., Crowson, R. L. & Goldring, E. B. (1999). "Enduring dilemmas of school organization." In J. Murphy and K. Louis (Eds.) Handbook of research on educational administration, second edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Read Annotation >