November 4, 2008

Are you working on a museum education-related research or evaluation
project? Do you know someone who is? 

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a
list of ongoing museum education/interpretation research and evaluation
projects for our upcoming November issue. We welcome listings by museum
workers, volunteers, consultants, faculty members, students at all
levels and others!  

To encourage such research, MEM provides a free, one year introductory
subscription, including access to the MEM Archives, to any student
currently enrolled in a museum education-related course or program
anywhere in the world. Qualified individuals are invited to apply at
http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx 

If you wish to share your research or evaluation with others around the
world, please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] that includes:
- name of project
- research/evaluation question(s)
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project 

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of
origin. Deadline for the MEM November issue is Friday November 14, 2008

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, September 2008:
- Inside Out: A Conservator’s Investigation of Museums, Visible Storage,
and the Interpretation of Conservation (Canada)
- Children's learning about animals and plants from observation of
wildlife dioramas (Malta)
- Material representation in science centers: How does 'stuff' in a
museum become memory and context for learning? (USA)
- An investigation into the Generic Learning Outcomes attained by
students participating in Techniquest's Mathamagic workshop (UK)
- Creating intercultural dialogues: The response of Catalan museums to
recent waves of immigration (Spain)
- Engaging Contested Histories Through Education: Métis at the Royal
Alberta Museum (Canada)
- Museums, Culture and Social Inclusion (Canada)
- The Socially Networked Museum and the Question of Community (USA)
- Museums in Flanders and 16-25 year olds (Belgium)

UPDATES on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:
- Indigenous Communities as a Museum Public: From Being Displayed to
Being Involved (Canada)
- Culture Craft Saturdays: Engaging At-Risk Audiences (USA) 

A complimentary copy of this Museum Education Monitor, October 2008, or
a guest research pass to the MEM Archives to review back issues are both
available upon request to [log in to unmask] . Research listings are also
available on the MEM Forum http://forum.mccastle.com/.  

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss
your research. I look forward to hearing from you!

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor 
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For more information about Museum Education Monitor or to subscribe see
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(Please excuse cross-postings. I try to extend the call as widely as
possible. Inevitably many of us are subscribed to several electronic
discussion lists related to museum education. For those who are, your
patience is appreciated. CC.}

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