Institute for Learning Innovation
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Subject: Professional Development Seminar
Institute for Learning Innovation
Professional Development Seminar
September 23, 1999
Assessing the Impacts of Museums
John H. Falk, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for Learning Innovation
How effectively do museums and other free-choice learning institutions
accomplish their missions? What are the benefits that the millions of
people who visit museums annually derive from their experiences? To what
degree do museums actually facilitate changes in long-term learning,
attitudes and behavior? How successfully do the various research and
evaluation efforts undertaken by museums today answer these questions?
This seminar will review what we do know about learning in museums,
describe conceptually how to begin to think about meaningfully and
systematically assessing the impact of museums, and provide examples of
research that begins to more systemically and broadly measure that impact.
Dr. John H. Falk is known internationally for his research on free-choice
learning. He has authored over sixty scholarly articles in the areas of
learning, biology and education as well as numerous educational materials
and books. Recent books include Leisure Decisions Influencing African
American Use of Museums (1993), Bubble Monster and other science fun
(1996), Bite-Sized Science (1999) and Free-Choice Learning: Assessing the
science education infrastructure (in press); books with Dr. Lynn Dierking
include The Museum Experience (1992), Collaboration: Critical Criteria for
Success (1997); Public Institutions for Personal Learning: Establishing a
Research Agenda (1995) and Museums and Learning: How People Learn When They
Don?t Have To (in press). Before founding and directing the Institute for
Learning Innovation, Dr. Falk worked at the Smithsonian Institution for
fourteen years where he held a number of senior positions. Falk received
doctorates in Biology and Education from the University of California at
Berkeley. He also earned a masters degree and bachelors degree in Zoology
and a secondary teaching credential in biology and chemistry from the same
institution.
Thursday, September 23, 1999 from 4:30-5:30 PM
A wine and cheese reception will follow
LOCATION: TBA.
Please RSVP by Monday, September 20th
Elizabeth Donovan @ 410-268-5149 or [log in to unmask]
Limited seating, no fee required
(Directions will be sent by email or fax)
The Institute for Learning Innovation seminars are designed to provide area
professionals with opportunities to share new ideas and information related
to research, evaluation and educational development in the area of
free-choice learning.
Please mark your calendars for our next seminar:
November 18th, 1999 Computers, Musuems, Networks & Free-Choice
Learning
(Tentative) Eric Marshall, Director,Triscience.org, New York Hall of
Science, will speak on the impact of technology in museums and on
free-choice learning.
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