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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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in Applied Social Psychology and has evaluated and researched informal learning experiences in museums and other visitor institutions for over 20 years. Adults who were previously dependent on their children could now take the lead as confident facilitators. This guest post was written by Steve Yalowitz, one of its authors.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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The institutions that seem most prey to a "cookie cutter" approach are science centers and children's museums. Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation.

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