1st Edition
Snapshots of Museum Experience Understanding Child Visitors Through Photography
180 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Children are one of the major audiences for museums, but their visits are often seen solely from the point of view of museum learning. In Snapshots of Museum Experience , Will Buckingham draws upon Elee Kirk’s research amongst child visitors to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, to take a different approach. Using a method of photo-elicitation with four-and five-year-old child... Read more
List of figures
List of tables
Preface: remembering Elee Kirk, Will Buckingham
1. Introduction
2. Beyond learning
3. Researching children’s experience
4. Taking snapshots of museum experiences
5. Navigating and negotiating
6. Lighting up
7. Making sense
8. Conclusion
Appendix
Index
Biography
Elee Kirk was a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education at University College London, UK.
Will Buckingham is a freelance writer based in the UK.
