From you list, one theory - Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences has bee directly applied to museum education - through Harvard University's Project MUSE (Museums Uniting with Schools in Education). They have produced two publications, based on extensive research. You may also want to look at EdCOM's new publication: Museums: Places of Learning, written by George E Hein and Mary Alexander. It is available through the AAM Bookstore. Kathrine Walker Schlageck Education and Public Programs Beach Museum of Art