March 7, 2011
Children's programs, summer camps, early years research, teen programs,
evaluation with child/youth audiences ... Are you doing any research or
evaluation in any of these or other areas related to children or youth in
museums, galleries, parks, zoos, aquaria, and other sites of informal
learning?
If so, MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, would like
to list your work in our upcoming March 2011 Children's Theme issue. As
always, we welcome listings by museum workers, consultants, faculty, and
students at all levels of study.
To share research or evaluation with others around the world, please send an
e-mail to [log in to unmask] that includes:
- name of project
- question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- 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 [no more than 4 or 5, please].
All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of
origin. Deadline for the March Children's Theme Issue is Friday March 18.
FYI, ongoing research listed in the February MEM included:
- "I'm doing lovely, important work": A case study of how three and four
year old children articulate their aesthetic experiences in an art museum
exhibition designed for children (Australia)
- Using digital technology to capture visitor interpretation to the
permanent record (USA)
- Bringing the Mayborn Museum Discovery Boxes into the 21st Century (USA)
- Museums and Social Change: Supporting Community Goals Equals Stronger
Partnerships (USA)
- A Touching Experience: A History of Learning from Objects in Toronto
Museums and Exhibitions, 1900-1960 (Canada)
- An evaluation of the Between the Stars Experiential Theatre at Science
North (Canada)
- Live Animal Habitats and the Effectiveness of Signage (Canada)
- Assesment of needs and expectations of teachers from elementary and high
schools (Canada)
For more information on these research projects visit the MEM blog, "FORUM:
Research and Resources in Museum Education," at http://forum.mccastle.com/
For more information about this call or to discuss your research, please get
in touch as below. I look forward to hearing from you!
M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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Check out MEM on
Web-- http://www.mccastle.com
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Twitter-- http://twitter.com/mchriscastle
Blog-- http://forum.mccastle.com/
(As always, 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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