scholarly journals Motivation for the Family Visit and On-the-Spot Activities Shape Children’s Learning Experience in a Science Center

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirko Tõugu
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Science Centers ◽  
Family Science ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children's Learning

Children’s learning often happens in the interactions with more knowledgeable members of the society, frequently parents, as stated by the sociocultural theory. Parent-child conversations provide children with a new understanding and foster knowledge development, especially in informal learning contexts. However, the family conversations in museums and science centers can be contingent on the motivation for the family visit or the activities organized on the spot. In order to establish how family motivation and on-the-spot activities influence children’s informal learning experience, the present study was carried out in a family science center. The study focused on children’s learning experience in a hands-on exhibit featuring objects that allow for the exploration of the concepts of sound waves and light. Thirty-nine 7–10-year-old children (21 boys and 18 girls) and their families participated in the study. Twenty families received a worksheet to prompt an experimentation activity with one of the light exhibits. Motivation for the family visit was probed at the end of the visit. The target children of the families wore a GoPro HERO 5 camera attached to a chest harness throughout their visit. The video was coded for family interaction and experimentation with the light exhibit. Family conversations were coded for open-ended questions, responses to open-ended questions, explanations, associations, attention directing, and reading signage aloud. Family motivation for the visit was related to the quality of family conversation during the visit. The experimentation activity prompt did not affect the likelihood of noticing and engaging with the particular exhibit. At the same time, it did affect the quality of engagement: children who received the experimentation activity prompt were more likely to explore the effects the exhibit provided and experiment rather than play with the exhibit. Family motivation and on-the-spot activities are discussed as two possible factors to influence children’s learning experience in science centers.

Parents and Mathematical Games

1991 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Owen Tregaskis
Keyword(s):  
Children’S Learning ◽  
The One ◽  
Technological World ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Children's Learning ◽  
At Home

In an increasingly technological world, parents are becoming more worried about the quality of children's learning of mathematics. Many parents become concerned about their own child's learning and visit the school to discuss the problem with the child's teacher. The result of this discussion is usually that the teacher confirms the parents' anxiety but offers few specific suggetions. If any help is offered. the parents are a ked to make the child practice more of the type of work done in school. This practice is often pitched at such a level that the parent have to do some teaching. At this juncture either the parent become confused because they do not know the method used in school or the child become confused because he or she is taught at home a method different from the one taught in school.

scholarly journals LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG PEOPLE AGED 60 AND OVER, PARTICIPATING IN RESTRICTED SOCIAL NETWORKS IN POLAND: RELATED VARIABLES

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kozerska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
High Level ◽  
Difficult Situations

From the perspective of adult education, the engagement of older people in developing relationships with other people is related to their learning and creating their identities. The research conducted in the areas of various countries shows a relationship between a social participation of seniors and their well-being. Moreover, participation in rich social networks, composed of many people, coincides with a high quality of life. The article focuses on senior citizens functioning in restricted networks (less numerous social networks, consisting of several people).The study is to serve three purposes: firstly, to identify determinants of a subjective assessment of own life of senior citizens living in restricted networks; secondly, to analyse a relationship between seniors’ subjective, general assessment of life and their opinion on what determines a successful and happy life; thirdly, to analyse the relationship between seniors’ subjective, general assessment of life and the ways they handle problematic situations. The analysis has been conducted on the basis of the data collected in 2013, available to the general public on www.diagnoza.com. The data was collected within the Social Diagnosis (Diagnoza społeczna) project. The objective of the Social Diagnosis is an investigation of the conditions and quality of life in Poland. It is based on panel research. A questionnaire has been used as a research tool. The article presents information regarding 5623 individuals, aged 60+functioning in restricted social networks in Poland. The Mann-Whitney U test and the two proportions test helped to analyse the differences between variable distributions. The results show that a poor social life of the elderly does not have to be linked with a feeling of loneliness. The group of individuals with a high level of general satisfaction is more satisfied with a relationship with the family (especially children) than the group with a low level of life satisfaction. The analysis confirms that good relationships with family and friends are an important predictor of life satisfaction of the elderly. Health is considered to be a condition of a successful life by seniors with a high level of life satisfaction, as well as relationships with close family members: with children and a spouse. This group of respondents shows more confidence in other people, by whom they feel loved and confided in. In difficult situations people with a high level of life satisfaction turn to others for help, but they also act themselves. Seniors with a low level of satisfaction differ from the previous group in these terms. These are people who do not feel confided in by others and they also hardly ever turn to others for help. In difficult situations they are more often passive. In conclusion, the author highlights the significance of informal learning occurring in families to enhance older people’s quality of life. It is important, especially in case of poorly educated persons with low incomes who often function in small social networks. Key words: informal learning in the family, life satisfaction of older adults, social participation of seniors.

scholarly journals Upaya Orang Tua dalam Memotivasi Kesungguhan Belajar Anak di Desa Bulusari Tarokan Kabupaten Kediri

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-147
Author(s):  
Doni Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Learning Needs ◽  
Natural Background ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Silent Condition ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Children's Learning

This research is in the background by the importance of parents' role as the first and foremost educator for the child to motivate their children in order to increase the seriousness of learning. When children learn should always get attention and guidance from parents. Parents must meet the children's learning needs and always give motivation, otherwise it will be difficult to familiarize the child to learn this research using a qualitative approach that has the characteristics of: natural background And researchers as a key source, and research is descriptive.  The results of the study after the analysis, namely: (1) Children's study pattern at home in Bulusari village, Tarokan District of Kediri regency of each child varies, some who like learning in a quiet or silent condition, some are happy to learn While watching TV or listening to the song. Children's learning patterns in this village use two approaches that are self-learning (individual) and with teachers looking for tutoring and learning guidance. (2) The motivational forms of the family so that the children learn vigorous is to give examples to the child, because the child has the data to emulate the good. (3) Forms of motivation given by parents to foster children's learning spirit is to provide complete learning facilities, giving gifts or rewards, creating conducive atmosphere and learning conditions so that children can learn and punishment for a child who does not want to learn and lazy to learn and the child who dropped his learning achievement.

scholarly journals Children’s Informant Judgments and Recall of Valenced Facts at a Science Center

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly E. Marble ◽  
Jessica S. Caporaso ◽  
Kathleen M. Bettencourt ◽  
Janet J. Boseovski ◽  
Thanujeni Pathman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Positive Information ◽  
Neutral Information ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Learning From Others ◽  
Children's Learning

In laboratory-based research, children recognize who is an expert and demonstrate an interest in learning from that person. However, children prefer positive information in the moment and sometimes prioritize positivity over expertise. To what extent do these social judgments (e.g., a preference for positivity) relate to information that children remember? We investigated the relation between these judgments and memory at a local science center to better understand children’s learning outcomes in naturalistic settings. We examined the extent to which 4- to 8-year-olds accepted facts about an unfamiliar animal from a zookeeper informant (i.e., expert) and a maternal figure (i.e., non-expert) when these facts were positive, negative, or neutral. Children endorsed positive information as correct, regardless of expertise, but demonstrated the strongest memory for neutral information. We discuss the implications of this dissociation for learning outcomes in naturalistic contexts as well as theoretical frameworks regarding children’s learning from others.

scholarly journals STUDENTS INTERESTS TOWARDS SCIENCE FIELDS ABOUT EXHIBITIONS IN SCIENCE CENTERS: FEZA GURSEY SCIENCE CENTER IN TURKEY

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Aykut Emre Bozdogan
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Learning Science ◽  
Science Center ◽  
Science Centers ◽  
Science Field ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Drawing Method

In this study, it was attempted to obtain information from their drawings about which science fields the students, visiting Feza Gursey Science Center (FGSC), were interested in the most. The research was performed in 5 primary schools which visited FGSC in Ankara in 2005 and it took 4 weeks. One hundred and twenty-two students from 6th, 7th and 8th grades were evaluated in this study. In obtaining interests of students from 6th, 7th and 8th grade towards science fields after the exhibitions in the FGSC, “drawing” method which is a qualitative approach was used. As a result of this research, it is found that students who visited FGSC are mostly interested in physics a science field, and biology, chemistry and astronomy fields follow this. It was also noted that only 24 out of 122 students who attended the research knew the name of exhibition or activity which he drew about. Key words: science centers, informal learning, science education.

scholarly journals DEMAND OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION BY ALPHA GENERATION ON EDUTAINMENT LEISURE IN THE CITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
Nur Shahirah Rusman ◽  
Hairul Nizam Ismail ◽  
Syed Muhammad Rafy Syed Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
New Approach ◽  
City Population ◽  
The City

There had been increasing number of child-centred destination established in the city with the concept of edutainment as to fulfil the needs of alpha generation. Emphasizing on three combined elements of personalized learning, fun and play, edutainment concept is seen as new approach. This is to enhance lifelong learning for the future generation who heavily depending on the advancement and incorporation of technologies to cultivate their intelligent growth. Consequently, the establishment of demand from the preschool operators can be seen through the growing number of excursion and field trip activities organized for children. However, less was examined as to what extend the concept of city edutainment fit into the needs of the educational purposes programs. Therefore, it is important to understand as to how the existing informal educational settings should transform to meet the needs of the alpha generation either by city population or outbound tourist. Hence, the understandings by the city governance is a must in developing and evaluating policy related to edutainment as to ensure the preferences for education-based infrastructures and learning meet the needs. Thus, this paper will discuss the fundamental ability of the city that makes it qualify as edutainment destination with the specific reference to the demand from preschool education in presenting the alpha generation. This including the characteristics of alpha generation, the needs from the preschool education and the city prospects as edutainment informal learning setting. In this case, edutainment facilities are important elements for both urban planning and education which indirectly contribute to the opportunity to explore real learning experience beyond the classroom and shape a better quality of life for future generation.

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