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Watermeyer, Richard (2015) Science engagement at the museum school : teacher perspectives on the contribution of museum pedagogy to science teaching. British Educational Research Journal, 41 (5). pp. 886-905. doi:10.1002/berj.3173 ISSN 0141-1926.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/berj.3173
Abstract
This paper explores the accounts of science teachers working within the UK's only ‘museum school’ and what they perceive as the benefits and shortcomings of ‘museum pedagogy’ as a process of object-based teaching (and learning). Museum pedagogy is in this context considered for its potential in harmonising informal and formal approaches to science education. Discussion focuses on teachers’ use of cultural artefacts as a pedagogical strategy intended both to ignite the imagination and enthusiasm of learners in science and harmonise their social and scientific worlds. Museum pedagogy is concurrently considered for the extent to which it ameliorates teachers’ relational proximity and instructional fluency with their students and enhances their performance as role models and stewards in science.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Q Science > Q Science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science -- Study and teaching, Science teachers -- Research, Schools of museum studies, Fieldwork (Educational method) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Educational Research Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0141-1926 | ||||||
Official Date: | October 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 41 | ||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 886-905 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/berj.3173 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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