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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Museum Education Roundtable(MER) is pleased to announce its 1996
Research Colloquium.

WHEN:           Monday, April 22, 1996 from noon-4pm
WHERE:          American Institute of Architects Headquarters
                1735 New York Ave., NW
                Washington, DC
METRO:          Farragut West (blue/orange lines)
                Farragut North (red line)
COST:           $5/MER Members
                $7/Non-MER Members
PHONE:          For additional information or registration please call the MER
Office at               (202) 232-6084 or respond on-line to [log in to unmask]
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The afternoon's events features both poster sessions and invited
speakers.  Speakers include:

Diane Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum Services
Ms. Frankel will describe the role of IMS and other Federal agencies in
funding research in the museum field, including synopses of museum/school
partnerships supported by the IMS Museum Leadership Initiative.

Scott and Janice Paris, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
"A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Learning and Motivation in
Museums": a presentation on the principles of constructivist learning and
intrinsic motivation that provide a learning model to assess visitors'
interactions with museum exhibits.  Based on research conducted on two
hands-on activities at the Henry Ford Museum.

Beth Twiss-Garrity, Curator of Education, Winterthur Museum
"Learning How Visitors Learn": presents research conducted by the
Education Research Team of Winterthur.  The team's initial question was,
"Is learning related to reading as 'visual literacy' suggests?"

Ms. Frankel will also moderate a panel presentation of the afternoon's
poster sessions:

Russell A. Cargo, Ph.D, Coordinator Nonprofit Management Program, George
Mason Univ.
"Museum Work: Fact and Fantasy"

Herminia Wihsin Din, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Art, The Ohio State
University
"An Investigation of Children's Museums in the United States: Their Past,
Present, and Future."

Nina Freedlander Gibans, Director Special Projects, Cleveland Children's
Museum with Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western
Reserve, and Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
"Children's Museums: Bridges to the Future"

Nancy T. Hass, Research Coordinator, Project Explore Please Touch Museum
for Children with Harvard's Project Zero
"Project Explore: How Children Learn in Children's Museums"

Myriam Springuel, Springuel Consulting
"Docents and Visitor Interviews: Training at the Ringling Museum of Art"


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