Staging scientific controversies: A gallery test on science museums' interactivity

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Yaneva, Albena ^a   Rabesandratana, Tania Mara ^b   Greiner, Birgit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c Österreichischen Wirtschaftsverlag GmbH

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE;

EDUCATION; EXHIBITS AS TOPIC; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MUSEUMS; SCIENCE;

EID: 57049144348     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662507077512     Document Type: Article

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