Children’s Perceptions of the Family Experience

September 1st, 1993 | RESEARCH

In this article, Barbara A. Birney of Interpretive Planning in Nuce discusses findings from a 1988 study of 12-year-old children's perceptions of their social experience in musuems and zoos. Birney found that children associated visiting museums and zoos with their parents with a lack of control over their own learning experience.

Document

VSA-a0a1s9-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Barbara Birney, PhD, Author, Interpretive Planning In Nuce

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 0892-4996

Publication: Visitor Behavior
Volume: 8
Number: 3
Page(s): 6

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | Families | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Aquarium and Zoo Exhibits | Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits