This review of the literature on field trips to out-of-school settings will briefly summarize key
findings and discuss implications for future research and field trip practice. Cognitive and …

In response to various societal changes, schools are increasingly developing an outward
orientation, seeking to connect to students' out-of-school participations. Simultaneously …

The first book to take a" visitor's eye view" of the museum visit when it was first published in
1992, The Museum Experience revolutionized the way museum professionals understand …

This conceptual paper explores the nexus between travel and learning; an area of
investigation long neglected by tourism researchers. Using Aristotle's concepts of phronesis …

This paper discusses the evaluation of an informal science education project, The Birdhouse
Network (TBN) of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. The Elaboration Likelihood Model …

Every learner in science is unique with diverse abilities. Teachers as well as educational
researchers have long recognized and used that understanding to varying degrees in their …

Education is a lifelong endeavor; the public learns in many places and contexts, for a
diversity of reasons, throughout their lives. During the past couple of decades, there has …

Historically, most of the focus of science education has been on pre-college and college
level schooling. Although some of the public's interest and knowledge about science is …

This paper argues the need for the providers of ecotourism and other free‐choice
environmental learning experiences to promote the adoption of environmentally sustainable …

Most free‐choice science learning institutions, in particular science centers, zoos,
aquariums, and natural history museums, define themselves as educational institutions …