May 8, 2008

Are you currently researching or evaluating any aspect of the practice
of education and interpretation in an art museum or art gallery? 

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a
list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for the upcoming May
2008 issue. Listings by museum workers, faculty, and students at all
levels of study are welcome. This month's focus is work in art museums
and art galleries but studies in institutions related to other
disciplines will be featured in subsequent issues.  

If you wish to share information on your research or evaluation project
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 May issue is Monday May 14, 2008.**

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, April 2008
(Focus on history museums and historic sites):

- Beyond the book: public history and Web 2.0 (Australia)

- Fanshawe Pioneer Village Thematic Interpretation Program - Front-End
Evaluation (Canada)

- What is it that makes an exhibition spectacular like non-museum
experiences? (USA)

- Assessing Immersive Full-dome Planetarium Technology in the Teaching
of the Sun-Earth-Moon System to Elementary Students (USA)

UPDATES on research listed in earlier isues of MEM:

- Industrial- and technique museums - historical education with relicts
of the industrialisation (Germany) [Originally listed MEM August 2007]

A complimentary copy of this Museum Education Monitor, April 2008, is
available upon request to [log in to unmask] . Research listings are also
available on the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum
Education" at www.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, Editor, Museum Education Monitor 
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For more information about Museum Education Monitor 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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