Are you currently working on a research project in the area of museum
education, interpretation, program evaluation or visitor studies? 

Of special interest is "action research" undertaken by staff or
volunteers at museums, galleries, science centres, botanical gardens,
zoos, historic sites, and other non-school settings. However, all
reports of ongoing research in museum education are welcomed.  

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) is compiling a list of such projects for
our upcoming JUNE 2005 issue. If you would like yours to be included,
please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] that summarizes:
 
- name of project
- research question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- principal researchers
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please]
 
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 10, 2005. There is, of course,
no charge to list your work in MEM.

Our goal as a publication is to connect existing researchers with one
another and to encourage museum paid staff and volunteers to undertake
their own investigations. The information will be shared initially with
subscribers to MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR, but may be circulated more
widely in the future when the MEM searchable archives are online.

Projects listed in the April 2005 issue of MEM include: 
 
- Aesthetic Experience in Public Art Museums (Australia)

- How can museums and galleries be used to develop Early Years (3-5)
children's knowledge and understanding of art? (UK) 
 
- Performance, Learning and 'Heritage': An investigation into the uses
and impact of performance as a medium of learning in museums and at
historic sites (UK)
 
- Madonna of the Pinks (UK)

- An ecological approach of young children's museum perceptions: A Greek
case study in the city of Thessaloniki (UK) 
 
- Spring Break Culture Interval: creating better marketing students (US)
 
- Getting It Online: Survey of Web-Based Educational Resources in 100
Self-Identified US Art Museums (US) 
 
- Kinesthetic Learning in a Museum Setting: Whole Body versus Hands-On
Learning About Levers (US) 

- Group Inquiry by Visitors at Exhibits (GIVE)(US)

- Going APE: Creating Science Museum Exhibits that Foster Active,
Prolonged Engagement (US) 
 
For more information or to receive a complimentary copy of this issue of
MEM, please contact the editor [log in to unmask] .  

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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