Parents' and Experts' Awareness of Learning Opportunities in Children's Museum Exhibits.

摘要: Informal learning outside of school are crucial for a child's development. Children's museums, in particular, environments conducive to this sort learning, especially when parents guide children's exploration. However, research suggests gap between parents' and experts' perceptions the value informal learning. In Study 1, we asked groups experts (i.e., individuals community connected with field education or those training child growth development) rate presence opportunities available two museum exhibits, finding that consistently provided lower ratings. 2, explored whether signage aimed at orienting toward potential these exhibits would have an impact on their Results suggested made ratings look more like experts. Taken together, studies show simple intervention can help perceive as do.