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Autor/inn/en | McClain, Lucy R.; Toomey Zimmerman, Heather |
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Titel | Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center. |
Quelle | In: Science education, 98 (2014) 6, S. 1009-1032Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0036-8326; 1098-237X |
DOI | 10.1002/sce.21134 |
Schlagwörter | Erfahrung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Familienbildung; Alltagsvorstellung |
Abstract | Using families as the analytical focus, this study informs the field of informal science education with a focus on the role of prior experiences in family science conversations during nature walks at an outdoor-based nature center. Through video-based research, the team analyzed 16 families during walks at a nature center. Each family's prior science learning experience provided conversational strategies for learning together as a social group and when making meaning out of observations in the outdoors. This analysis provides three main findings: (1) families frequently tapped into a vast repertoire of previous experiences during conversations about nature and very often, explicitly sourced a specific prior experience in their dialogue with one another; (2) when families sourced a prior experience, they almost exclusively named an experience from a nonschool setting, with everyday experiences, designed spaces (i.e., informal institutions), and programs for science learning being the most common experiences cited; and (3) families leveraged references to prior experiences during family science conversations to serve four primary facilitation processes in conversation: reminding, prompting, explaining, and orienting. Implications from this study emphasize the importance of referencing previous life experiences during family science conversations as a meaning-making tool and for additional research on families learning science in outdoor education spaces. |
Erfasst von | Arbeitsgruppe Didaktik der Physik, Universität Kassel |
Update | 2016/1 |