Abstract
As children are key learners in family groups (Falk, Moussouri, & Coulson, 1998; Briseño-Garzón, Anderson, & Anderson, 2007; Falk, Heimlich, & Bronnenkant, 2008) and school groups, it is valuable and essential to expand the research on children’s aspects of learning in museums. Children’s attitudes to museum exhibitions influence their experiences of learning in museums (Anderson, Piscitelli, Weier, Everett, & Tayler, 2002).
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Zhang, X. (2015). Children’s Attitudes Toward Specimens at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. In: Anderson, D., Cosson, A.d., McIntosh, L. (eds) Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-238-7_8
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