John H Falk

Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing upon a career in studying museum visitors, renowned researcher John Falk attempts to create a predictive model of visitor experience, one that can help museum professionals better meet those visitors' needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315427041
• Artikelnr.: 45260837

Autorenporträt

John H. Falk is a leading figure in free-choice learning, museum research, and science education in the United States. He holds the position Sea Grant Professor of Free-Choice Learning at Oregon State University. He is founder and President Emeritus of the renowned research firm, Institute for Learning Innovation in Annapolis, Maryland and has worked at a variety of other key positions in the museum world, including 14 years at the Smithsonian Institution. Falk earned a joint doctorate in Biology and Education from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of over one hundred scholarly articles and chapters in the areas of biology, psychology and education. He co-authored with Lynn Dierking of The Museum Experience, Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning, and Lessons without Limit: How Free-Choice Learning is Transforming Education; co-authored with Beverly Sheppard the volume Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions; and has edited numerous books including Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside of School, and In Principle-In Practice: Museums as Learning Institutions.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - Theory
1. Introduction: Museums and Their Visitors
2. The Museum
3. The Visitor
4. The Visit
5. Satisfaction
6. Memories
7. The Museum Visitor Experience Model
Part II - Practice
8. Theory to Practice
9. Attracting and Building Audiences
10. Making Museums Work for Visitors
11. Institutional Value and Accountability
Notes
References
Index
About the Author