Tactile learning experiences—a strategy borrowed from museum education—can help students of all ages retain new information.

At a time when adult education is being digitized at breakneck speed, a counter-trend is asserting itself: that of a return to the body, to materiality and to objects as living supports for learning.

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Join Nyssa Buning of the National Museum of American History’s Spark!Lab and Carol O’Donnell and Hannah Osborn of the Smithsonian Science Education Center to explore strategies for cultivating an ...