Museums and galleries have long welcomed, and long valued, visiting family groups, and many offer ‘family workshops’. In practice, most workshops are primarily directed at children, and accompanying adults are left to observe. However, we suggest that in actively observing and also pitching in, adults too are engaged in learning. Using the theoretical lens of intent participation, we discuss data from field observations of family workshops and adult focus groups to document the ways in which adults learn while attending child-focused activities. Over 220 adults and 200 children were observed over a two-month period attending family workshops in an art museum in London. Findings demonstrate that accompanying parents and carers engaged in the key processes of intent participation: the adults participated in focused and attentive listening, and the detailed watching of others. They also sought new information and actively contributed to the wider output of the family group. We conclude by suggesting that the lens of intent participation, which was initially coined to describe the nature of learning in many traditional, non-Western, settings, offers designers of family workshops a useful framework for reflecting upon, and thereafter enhancing, the experiences of the adult members of a participating family.

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一起学习？艺术博物馆“家庭”工作坊成人参与者的经历是什么，可能是什么

博物馆和画廊长期以来一直欢迎和重视来访的家庭团体，许多博物馆和画廊都提供“家庭工作坊”。在实践中，大多数讲习班主要针对儿童，由陪同的成年人观察。然而，我们建议在积极观察和投入的同时，成年人也参与学习。使用意图参与的理论视角，我们讨论了来自家庭研讨会和成人焦点小组现场观察的数据，以记录成人在参加以儿童为中心的活动时的学习方式。在为期两个月的时间里，观察了超过 220 名成人和 200 名儿童在伦敦一家艺术博物馆参加家庭研讨会。调查结果表明，陪伴父母和照顾者参与了意向参与的关键过程：成年人参与了集中注意力的倾听，以及其他人的细致观察。他们还寻求新的信息，并积极为家族群体的更广泛产出做出贡献。我们的结论是，意图参与的镜头最初是为了描述许多传统的、非西方的环境中的学习性质而创造的，它为家庭作坊的设计者提供了一个有用的框架，用于反思并随后加强学习者的体验。参与家庭的成年成员。