Cognitive Development in Museum Settings

* The Interaction between Research and Practice in Museum Settings: An Introduction and Synthesis, Jennifer Jipson and David M. Sobel Section 1: Research/Practitioner Partnerships * Two Decades of Families Learning in a Children's Museum: A Partnership of Research and Exhibit Development, Maureen Callanan, Jennifer Martin, and Megan Luce * The Spiral Model: Integrating Research and Exhibit Development to Foster Conceptual Change, E. Margaret Evans, Martin Weiss, Jonathan D. Lane, and Sasha Palmquist * The Living Laboratory(R) Model: A Mutual Professional Development Model for Museum-based Research Partnerships, Kathleen H. Corriveau, Becki (Rebecca) Kipling, Samuel Ronfard, Marta C. Biarnes, Brittany M. Jeye, and Paul L. Harris * Building Learning: Narrating Experiences in a Children's Museum, Catherine A. Haden, Tsivia Cohen, David H. Uttal, and Maria Marcus * Learning about Science and Self: A Partnership between the Children's Museum of Manhattan and the Psychology Department at New York University, Marjorie Rhodes and Leslie Bushara * Developing Mind Lab: A University-Museum Partnership to Explore the Process of Learning, David M. Sobel, Susan Letourneau, and Robin Meisner * Examining the Development of Scientific Reasoning in Context: A Museum and Laboratory Partnership, Cristine H. Legare, Robin Gose and Cybil Guess Section 2: Discussion of Partnerships * Collaboration Is a Two-Way Street, Suzanne Gaskins * Research and Museum Partnerships: Key Components of Successful Collaborations, Helen Hadani and Caren M. Walker *11. Wanted: A New Cultural Model for the Relationship between Research and Practice, Bronwyn Bevan Section 3: General Discussion * Exploring models of research-practice partnership within a single institution: Two Kinds of Jointly Negotiated Research, Sue Allen and Joshua P. Gutwill * Curating Experience: The Role of Learner Agency in Museums and Schools and the Development of Adaptive Expertise, Tina A. Grotzer and S. Lynneth Solis * Two Missions in Search of a Shared Culture, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff