The Australian Museum is hosting a seminar 'MUSING ON LEARNING' on
Tuesday, 20 April 1999
8.30am - 5pm
Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney
The keynote speaker is Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, Director, Dept of
Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK.
There are limited places, so book early. Registration due by 9 April
Information and registration:
· How do museum audiences learn?
· What factors influence learning?
· How can museums effectively plan to mediate learning in
exhibitions and programs?
· How do we know if learning occurs? · How can museums themselves
learn?
Join us at a one-day seminar to discuss some of these important
questions. The seminar will provide a wide range of different points
of view, both theoretical and practical, about approaches to learning
in museums. Sessions will be led by people from the museum industry
and from academic and research backgrounds.
There are limited places, so book early. Registration due by 9 April
(see rego form below)
Launch of the Australian Museum Audience Research Centre (AMARC).
Please join us for drinks after the seminar to celebrate the launch of
this new Museum initiative. The Centre has been established to promote
excellence and collaboration in research about museum visitors, museum
experiences and learning. The Centre will be launched by the Director
of the Australian Museum, Professor Mike Archer.
Draft program:
8.30am-9am: Registration. The seminar will be held in the
Theatrette on Level G. (enter via William Street)
9am-9.10am: Welcome and introduction
9.10am-10.10am: Museums and interpretive communities - Eilean
Hooper-Greenhill, Director, Dept of Museum Studies,
University of Leicester, UK
10.10am-10.45am: Developing a learning culture in museums - Tim
Sullivan and Carolyn MacLulich, Australian Museum
10.45am-11.15am: Morning tea
11.15am-12pm: Knowing and learning - Richard Walker, School of
Educational Psychology, Literacies and Learning,
Faculty of Education, University of Sydney
12pm-12.30pm: Finding evidence for visitor learning - Lynda
Kelly, Australian Museum
12.30pm-1pm: Schools: choices and challenges - Cheryl Hook,
Australian Museum, and tbc
1pm-2pm: Lunch
2.15pm-3pm: Interactive learning environments - Shirley
Alexander, Director, Institute for Interactive
Multimedia, UTS
3pm-3.30pm: Young learners - planning for the under 5s - Kim
Tegel, Division of Early Childhood, Faculty of
Education, UWS Macarthur
3.30pm-4pm: Learning in outdoor environments - Kathy Stewart,
Royal Botanic Gardens
4pm-4.30pm: Questions and discussion
4.30pm: Launch of the new Australian Museum Audience
Research Centre
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REGISTRATION FORM (Please send to address below)
Surname:........................First name:.........................
Position:.......................Organisation:........................
Postal Address:...................................................
State:........................Postcode:..............................
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Total amount due: MA member/full time student $60
(Member/student no..............)
Others $70
(Rego includes morning-tea, lunch, afternoon drinks)
Please make cheque payable to Australian Museum, Learning Seminar.
There are limited places, so book early. Please forward your
registration form and payment by 9 April 1999 to:
Natalie Murphy
Education Division
Australian Museum
6 College Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Ph: 02 9320 6263
Fax: 02 9320 6072
Web: http:\\www.austmus.gov.au
All registrations will be acknowledged in writing on receipt of
payment. Cancellations will be accepted until 14 April 1999. After
that date, no refunds will be given but a replacement delegate can be
sent with notification.
Further inquires to Carolyn MacLulich, Head, Education Division
Ph: 02 9320 6160
Fax: 02 9320 6072
Email: [log in to unmask]
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