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| Paper: |
Free-Choice Family Learning Experiences at Telescope
Observing Events |
| Volume: |
443, Earth and Space Science: Making Connections in Education and Public Outreach |
| Page: |
349 |
| Authors: |
Wenger, M. C.; Carter, K.; Harris, C. J. |
| Abstract: |
This study examines family experiences at nighttime
telescope observing events. The goal was to observe family visitors and
understand how they negotiate meaning and incorporate these experiences into
their family culture. In this case study of one family's telescope observing
experience, the participants’ motivations and agenda are described as well as
ways in which they negotiated identity and family-community membership at the
same time as they were involved in the construction of meaning. The analysis
revealed evidence of both meaning making and identity negotiation during,
and related to, the educational leisure activity of attending a nighttime
telescope observing event. |
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