Editorial: Research on learning in informal contexts: advancing the field?

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Special Issue: Research on Learning Science in Informal Contexts (Editors: Justin Dillon & Jonathan Osborne). Contents: Editorial: Research on Learning in Informal Contexts: Advancing the Field? Jonathan Osborne & Justin Dillon. 1. Conversations about Science across Activities in Mexican-Descent Families - Deborah Siegel, Jennifer Esterly, Maureen A. Callanan, Ramser Wright. 2. The Value of 'Dialogue Events' as Sites of Learning: An Exploration of Research & Evaluation Frameworks - Jane L. Lehr, Ellen McCallie, Sarah Davies, Brandiff R. Caron, Benjamin Gammon, and Sally Duensing. 3. School Site to Museum Floor: How Informal Science Institutions Work with Schools - Michelle Phillips, Doreen Finkelstein, Saundra Wever-Frerichs. 4. Conceptualizing Learning from the Everyday Activities of Digital Kids - Sherry Hsi. 5. Participation at exhibits: Creating engagement with new technologies in science centres - Robin Meisner, Dirk vom Lehn, Christian Heath, Alex Burch, Ben Gammon, Molly Reisman. 6. The use of questions in exhibit labels to generate explanatory conversation among science museum visitors - Jill Hohenstein and Lynn Uyen Tran. 7. Talk, Tools, and Tensions: Observing Biological Talk Over Time - Doris Ash, Rhiannon Crain, Carol Brandt, Molly Loomis, Mele Wheaton, Christine Bennett.