June 9, 2010 History & heritage - much ado about something? The June MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) will highlight ongoing work in museum education research, evaluation and resources related to history and heritage. Working in this area? I invite you to share your work with interested others around the world. Listings by workers at all sites of informal learning (museums, galleries, historic sites, science centres, parks, etc.), consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study are welcomed. To assist with this, MEM continues to offer a one-year free subscription to any student in a museum-education related course or program and to any museum educator who is currently unwaged. See http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx for details. To share your ongoing research and evaluation, just send an e-mail to me at [log in to unmask] that includes: - name of project - research or evaluation 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]. To review recent research listings, read the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at http://forum.mccastle.com/. All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the June MEM is Friday June 18. FYI, listings in the May MEM 2010 (focus on visual arts & art history) included: - The Viewing Project (How to develop presentations/installation designs that encourage longer looking and looking again at works of art?) USA - A Case Study of a New Educational Method Using Live Animals and Visual Thinking Strategies for Natural Science Teaching in Museums (USA) A complimentary copy of this May MEM is available upon request. Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research. M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor [log in to unmask] @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Check out MEM on Web-- http://www.mccastle.com Facebook-- http://www.facebook.com/Museum.Education.Monitor Twitter-- http://twitter.com/mchriscastle - Hashtag "museumeducation" Blog-- http://forum.mccastle.com/ [Please excuse cross-postings.] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).