The thinking of Frank Oppenheimer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oppenheimer could provide the perfect
'philosophical baseline' for your tour. It is the soil from which the
American science centre movement sprouted. It would be extremely revealing
to investigate where Oppenheimer's radical educational philosophy is still
working its magic, where it has been extended and built upon, and where it
has been abandoned, misrepresented or forgotten.
This inspiring biography shows how controversial and bureaucratically
unpalatable Oppenheimer's philosophy is:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Something-Incredibly-Wonderful-Happens-Oppenheimer/d
p/0151008221
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