Research on museum learning - who's doing what now?
2005 is the 10th anniversary of Falk and Dierking's call for "a
concerted, conceptually consistent effort to conduct basic, long-term
research that answers the following questions:
(1) What do people who visit museums learn?
(2) How does this learning enrich the lives of visitors?...
(3) How does the learning that occurs in museum settings connect with
the learning that occurs in other settings?...
(4) What is the process by which learning occurs in museums? ...
(5) ... what role do museums, and the learning that occurs in museums,
play in the larger cultural and learning experiences of Americans?"
(Falk and Dierking 1995)
Are you working on a research project in this or a related area? We are
compiling a list of such projects for the APRIL issue of MUSEUM
EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM). If you would like your project to be included,
please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] that summarizes:
- name of project
- research question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- principal researchers
- 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 submissions is Friday, April 8, 2005.
Our goal as a publication is to connect existing researchers with one
another and to encourage museum paid staff and volunteers to undertake
their own investigations. The information will be shared initially with
subscribers to MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR, but may be circulated more
widely in the future when past issues of MEM are available for download
on the website.
Projects listed in the February issue of MEM include:
- The challenge of the new Tasmanian curriculum for historic sites;
Essential Learnings at Port Arthur Historic Site (Australia) key words:
challenge, exploration, experience, innovative, contemporary
- The Canadian Centre for Architecture and Teachers : Partnerships for
the Future (Canada) Key words : Dialogue, collaboration, architecture,
pedagogy, curriculum
- Development and evaluation of a curriculum-linked work sheet at a
natural sciences museum: an outcomes-based approach (USA) Key words:
science museum, work sheet, curriculum, school, outcome
- Field Trip Vocabulary (USA)
Key words: field trips, vocabulary, preschool
- ARTstor Museum Education Project (USA) Key Words: Digital images, art
education, docents, technology, K12 education, history, distance
education
- ARTstor K-12 Education Pilot Project (USA) Key Words: Digital images,
technology, K12 education, interdisciplinary, art education
For more information or to receive a complimentary copy of the February
issue of MEM, please contact the editor at the address below.
M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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More about Museum Education Monitor at
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Reference: John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking, Eds. 1995. Public
Institutions for Personal Learning: Establishing a Research Agenda. AAM,
Washington D.C.: p. 9.
[Please excuse cross-postings.]
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