Susan Wageman:

Thank you so very much for sharing the terrific resources on learning in
museums -- I know you posted the resources on October 17th, but have just
reviewed them and will use several immediately!  Thanks, again.

Terrie

Terrie Nolinske
Chicago


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From: "Susan Wageman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: definitions of Learning & learning outcomes


> Here are some sources you might want to check out:
>
> The Museum Learning Collaborative annotated bibliography at:
> http://mlc.lrdc.pitt.edu/Annotatedlit.html
>
> Family Learning in Museums: The PISEC Perspective specifically looks at
> family learning in museums and offers clear definitions of what this means
> to them. Available through the ASTC bookstore.
> http://www.astc.org/pubs/catalog.htm#education
>
> The Journal of Museum Education, v.22, n.1-3, Understanding the Visitor
> Experience: Theory and Practice offers an excellent overview of the state
of
> the field just a few years ago. Issues are available from the Museum
> Education Roundtable: http://users.erols.com/merorg/publ/jme/jme2.html
>
> The Informal Learning Review devoted their March/April 1999 issue to
> learning theories and their application in the informal museum context.
Some
> of the articles from that issue are online at:
> http://www.informallearning.com/ilr-archive.htm
>
> ASTC has several articles about learning in museums and learning theory on
> their website: http://www.astc.org/resource/educator/educmain.htm
>
> George Hein has worked with a number of museums, including to
Exploratorium,
> in using constructivism as a basis for creating museum experiences. There
is
> an article available at: http://www.gem.org.uk/hein.html.
>
> There are a number of other useful articles on the Group for Education in
> Museums website: http://www.gem.org.uk/geminfo.html#anchor1609200.
>
> Susan B.F. Wageman                       [log in to unmask]
> Senior Manager, Interpretation/Visitor Experience
> The Tech Museum of Innovation            408-795-6303
> 201 South Market Street                  fax: 408-279-7167
> San Jose, California USA 95113           http://www.thetech.org
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