MS236: Education in Museums
Dates: Aug 31 - Sep 25, 2009
Price: $425.00
Instructor:
Karin Hostetter
Location:
www.museumclasses.org
Description:
The world of museum education is as varied as the imagination. From
school field trips to online blogs, from 2-year-olds to senior citizens,
and from formal programs to volunteering. In Education in Museums, survey
the education programs offered at your site. Determine what exhibits and
collections need better representation through education. Develop a
long-term plan of education program development for your site that you
can use to improve services to your community.
Course Outline:
1. Types of Education Programs
2. Inventorying Your Museum
3. Goals of Education Programs
4. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Preschool Children
5. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Elementary Aged
Children
6. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Middle and High School
Children
7. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Working Adults
8. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Seniors
9. Programs for Schools - Speaking their language
10. Outreach
11. Online Education Programs
12. Thinking Outside the Box
13. Evaluation
Logistics:
Participants in Education in Museums work through sections on their
own. Materials and resources include online literature, slide lectures
and dialog between students and the instructor through online forums.
Education in Museums runs four weeks. To reserve a spot in the course,
please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please
contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]
The Instructor:
Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a
consulting company specializing in interpretive writing, program
development and staff and volunteer training. A museum educator at
museums, zoos and nature centers for over 30 years, she was Curator of
Education for the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary
(McKinney, TX) and the first paid volunteer coordinator at the Denver
Zoo. Among her award-winning education curricula are several programs she
developed for the education department at the Denver Zoo over her 12
years on staff. Over the years, Ms. Hostetter has been responsible for
small animal exhibits and animal care at both the Heard and the Denver
Zoo. She worked with wild animal rehabilitation and public education
animals, work that included training volunteer animal handlers. Karin
co-founded the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and Aquaria special interest section
of the National Association for Interpretation. Ms. Hostetter taught the
National Association for Interpretation's two-day volunteer management
course for volunteer coordinators and served on their panel about
volunteer programs. She authored a series of articles for the National
Association for Interpretation's Legacy magazine, providing guidelines
for developing and maintaining a volunteer organization. She has worked
with volunteers for nearly 15 years. Ms. Hostetter now
consults with organizations on structuring and improving volunteer
programs. And she volunteers herself. She also continues to teach in two
museums, preferring preschool and family programs.