Experience, Explicitation, Evolution: processes of learning in a free-choice science museum activity for children up to 6 years of age

By Montserrat Pedreira, Conxita Marquez

Issue 17 | Page 19 | Published Jul 2019

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Using a qualitative methodology and based on the observations of young children in a free-choice activity in a science museum, this research focuses on determining which learning processes take place during these sessions.

Early Years
Museum visits

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