All Work and No Play Makes for a Dull Museum Visitor

Autor/in	Grenier, Robin S.
Titel	All Work and No Play Makes for a Dull Museum Visitor
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2010) 127, S.77-85 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.383
Schlagwörter	Museums; Play; Lifelong Learning; Learning Theories; Interpersonal Relationship; Adult Learning; Creativity; Educational Opportunities; Adult Educators; Critical Theory; Learning Motivation; Personality Traits; Interaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Spiel; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kreativität; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kritische Theorie; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interaktion
Abstract	Play, along with curiosity, confidence, challenge, control, and communication, is one of six components of an intrinsically motivated museum experience (Perry, 1993). The potential of play in museums is centered in its ability to promote situations where a person is not only motivated to learn, but is propelled into the learning process, and finds the process as satisfying and rewarding as the outcome. The purpose of this chapter is to explore current theoretical and conceptual understandings of play and how play in museums can support opportunities for creativity, social interaction, and adult learning. To establish a context for this chapter, the author discusses definitions of play and the concept of play space, followed by a discussion of three forms of play in museums and the value of such play to enhance lifelong learning. He concludes with a discussion of recommendations for adult educators and museum professionals. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10