Are you currently researching or evaluating ANY aspect of museum education
or interpretation, including audience research?

If so, I invite you to list your ongoing work in MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR
(MEM), the monthly e-newsletter. I welcome listings by museum workers,
consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study.

To assist these research efforts, I continue to offer free one-year
subscription to students and unwaged/volunteer museum educators. Visit
http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx for details.

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 October MEM is Friday October 15.

FYI, work listed in the September School Program Issue of MEM include:

- Nothing Like the Real Thing: Cognitive Effect of Material Culture
Artefacts (Canada)
- A Study of the Education Programs at Melbourne Museum and National Gallery
of Victoria: Implications for Malaysian Museums and Galleries (Australia)
- Educational Programming and Interpretation in Single-artist Museums (USA)
- Museum Education and the Climate of Accountability (USA)
- Evaluation of The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show at the Museum of
Science, Boston (USA)
- Experiential environmental education: Looking at attitudes and behaviours
following a marine conservation program (Canada)
- Museum Professional Training in China (China)
- Summative Evaluation of Black Holes Exhibit Gallery (USA)
- Summative Evaluation of Seasons of Change: Global Warming in Your Backyard
(USA)
- At the Zoo: Adults' Perceptions of Learning Opportunities for Themselves
(working title) (USA)
- Use of digital technologies in museums and galleries (UK)

For more info on these and other research projects visit the MEM blog,
"FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at
http://forum.mccastle.com/.

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, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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