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Children as teachers, families as learners

This project is about young children (2-5 year olds) as museum guides, explaining their understandings about a museum exhibit or object to family and friends. The research will explore the ways in which these shared experiences can: invite conversations that include families? social and cultural knowledge, engage families in their children?s learning, and influence family expectations and aspirations for their children. 1. How might?children as teachers?engage their families in learning at a museum?? 2. How do?families as learners?respond to the children?s story-telling and explanation?? 3. What implications do the findings from the first two questions have for museum education in early childhood centres and schools? Data presentation: Data will largely be presented through publication of articles. Principal researchers: Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips and Margaret Carr. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Site: Tai Tamariki Kindergarten located in the New Zealand National Museum, Te Papa Tongarewa. Time span: Jan 2012- Dec 2013? Contact: Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips jgcp@waikato.ac.nz? For more information see http://www.tlri.org.nz.ezproxy.waikato.ac.nz/tlri-research/research-progress/ece-sector/children-teachers-families-learners

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