November 7, 2007

Are you doing research or evaluation on a subject related to museum
education or interpretation? 

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the new monthly e-newsletter, is
compiling a list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for our
upcoming November 2007 issue. 

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 or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented [report, article, dissertation,
program, training event, workshop, curriculum, plan for change, etc.]
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please] 

Deadline for the November issue is Wednesday November 14. Later
submissions will be included in the next month's issue. 

Listings are in the language of their origin and are, of course, free of
charge. They are included in the current MEM and then added to our fully
up-to-date online archives. Full access to the MEM Archives is available
only to subscribers. However, time-limited guest passes are available to
students and interested others by contacting MEM at [log in to unmask] . A
pay-what-you-can subscription is available to students and the unwaged.

As part of our ongoing service to the museum education community,
research listings are also displayed and labelled on our blog, "FORUM:
Research and Resources in Museum Education" accessible at
www.mccastle.com  

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, October 2007:

- Ends of the Earth: Polar Bears to Penguins Exhibition : Are Visitors
Learning? (Canada)
- Finding Aids And Discovery Services For Collections Of Objects And
Artefacts (UK)
- Nonprofit Museum (Paid and Volunteer) Educators: Understanding Their
Teaching and Learning (USA)

UPDATE on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:
- The Art of Problem Solving (USA)

A complimentary copy of the new and revised Museum Education Monitor
October 2007 is available upon request to [log in to unmask] .   

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, please visit
http://www.mccastle.com         

(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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