November 7, 2005
Dear GEM-list members,
Museum learning, education, interpretation, professional development,
and visitor studies - are you, your colleagues, or your students doing
any research in these areas? Here's an opportunity to share your work
with a broader international community.
MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) is currently compiling a list of research
projects undertaken by both practitioners and academics for the DECEMBER
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 for this issue is *Friday, December 9, 2005.*
(All listings are, of course, free of charge.)
Projects listed in the most recent issue of MEM (OCTOBER 2005) include:
- Building on-line communities of practice (Canada)
- Dinosaur Hall Visitor Study (Canada)
- The evaluation and testing of student learning and understanding of
biological evolution from new museum exhibits (Canada)
- Shaping a country: Voices of Canada's History & People (Royal Ontario
Museum's Digital Gallery Program) (Canada)
- Promoting Family Guides (Hungary & UK)
- Cultural Heritage and New Audiences in the Black Atlantic (The
Netherlands)
- Minnesota Digital Library for Teachers (USA)
- Arizona State University Art Museum's "Americas Gallery: In Progress"
(USA)
- UPDATES ON RESEARCH LISTED IN EARLIER MEM ISSUES:
"Development and evaluation of a curriculum-linked work sheet at a
natural sciences museum: An outcomes-based approach,"
As a thank-you to GEM-list members, a complimentary copy of the OCTOBER
2005 issue of MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR is available for download at
http://www.mccastle.com/publications.asp, click on "GEM Special Offer,"
until November 9, 2005.
For more information about this call or to discuss your research, please
contact the editor as below.
M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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For more information about Museum Education Monitor please go to
http://www.mccastle.com/subscribe.asp
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