Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators : Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis /
Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators : Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis /
David Anderson, Alex de Cosson, Lisa McIntosh.
- 1 online resource.
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001 .
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Home Educators’ Views of Museums / On Our Own / Parents’ Perspectives about Exhibit Label Content in a Science Museum / Sparks of Learning / Introduction / Navigating Sensitive Topics with Children / Children’s Attitudes toward Specimens at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum / Museums and Marginalized Historical Narratives / Training Scientists to Communicate Science to the Public in a Science Museum Setting / Identification of Potential Methods of Professional Support for Museum Educators Working with Young Children with Cognitive Disabilities in Museums / Introduction / Representing Other / Using Informal Learning Spaces to Increase Meaning-Making / Embodied Tensions / Ecologies of Youth Art Apprenticeship / Creating Meaningful Experiences in Art Museums / Contributors / Index / David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh -- David Anderson -- Stephanie L. Chong -- Pilar Wong -- Jennifer A. Hall -- Marina Mehai -- Lisa McIntosh -- Lorenda Calvert -- Xiaomin Zhang -- Erica Gibbons -- Wei Hu -- Mary Ashley Masterson -- Alex de Cosson -- Kendra Fehr -- Karla Smedley -- Kate Petrusa -- Talya Fuchs -- Nathalie Sienkiewicz -- David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh -- David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh.
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Museums are institutions of both education and learning in service of society, that is, they are sites where educational experiences are designed and facilitated, and also places where visitors learn in broad and diverse ways. As such, the role of public education in museums today is highly important, if not at the centre of museum activity. As museums contemplate the growing significance of their educational roles and mandate within a changing society, so too they are increasingly in need of information about the audiences they serve and their own professional practice as they strive to achieve their educational missions in service to the communities in which they are embedded. Accordingly, this edited book focuses on informing, broadening and enhancing the pedagogy of museum education and the practices of museum educators. The chapters in this book report independent research studies conducted by the authors who have explored and investigated a variety of issues affecting museum education practice, contextualized across a range of institutions, including art galleries, natural and social history museums, anthropology museums, science centres, and gardens. These studies address a cross-section of contemporary issues confronting the field of museum education including studies of diverse audiences and their needs, the mediation of challenging topics, professional training, teaching and learning in informal settings, and reflective practice and praxis. Together these themes represent a set of topical issues germane to informing, broadening and enhancing educational practices in diverse museum settings, and will be of considerable interest to a broad spectrum of the museum and non-formal education fields.
9789463002387
10.1007/978-94-6300-238-7 DOI
Museums--Educational aspects.
Museums--Study and teaching.
Museum visitors--Education.
AM7
069.07
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Home Educators’ Views of Museums / On Our Own / Parents’ Perspectives about Exhibit Label Content in a Science Museum / Sparks of Learning / Introduction / Navigating Sensitive Topics with Children / Children’s Attitudes toward Specimens at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum / Museums and Marginalized Historical Narratives / Training Scientists to Communicate Science to the Public in a Science Museum Setting / Identification of Potential Methods of Professional Support for Museum Educators Working with Young Children with Cognitive Disabilities in Museums / Introduction / Representing Other / Using Informal Learning Spaces to Increase Meaning-Making / Embodied Tensions / Ecologies of Youth Art Apprenticeship / Creating Meaningful Experiences in Art Museums / Contributors / Index / David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh -- David Anderson -- Stephanie L. Chong -- Pilar Wong -- Jennifer A. Hall -- Marina Mehai -- Lisa McIntosh -- Lorenda Calvert -- Xiaomin Zhang -- Erica Gibbons -- Wei Hu -- Mary Ashley Masterson -- Alex de Cosson -- Kendra Fehr -- Karla Smedley -- Kate Petrusa -- Talya Fuchs -- Nathalie Sienkiewicz -- David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh -- David Anderson , Alex de Cosson and Lisa McIntosh.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Museums are institutions of both education and learning in service of society, that is, they are sites where educational experiences are designed and facilitated, and also places where visitors learn in broad and diverse ways. As such, the role of public education in museums today is highly important, if not at the centre of museum activity. As museums contemplate the growing significance of their educational roles and mandate within a changing society, so too they are increasingly in need of information about the audiences they serve and their own professional practice as they strive to achieve their educational missions in service to the communities in which they are embedded. Accordingly, this edited book focuses on informing, broadening and enhancing the pedagogy of museum education and the practices of museum educators. The chapters in this book report independent research studies conducted by the authors who have explored and investigated a variety of issues affecting museum education practice, contextualized across a range of institutions, including art galleries, natural and social history museums, anthropology museums, science centres, and gardens. These studies address a cross-section of contemporary issues confronting the field of museum education including studies of diverse audiences and their needs, the mediation of challenging topics, professional training, teaching and learning in informal settings, and reflective practice and praxis. Together these themes represent a set of topical issues germane to informing, broadening and enhancing educational practices in diverse museum settings, and will be of considerable interest to a broad spectrum of the museum and non-formal education fields.
9789463002387
10.1007/978-94-6300-238-7 DOI
Museums--Educational aspects.
Museums--Study and teaching.
Museum visitors--Education.
AM7
069.07