November 21, 2005
Dear colleagues,
Informal/formal learning, education & interpretation, professional &
volunteer development, or visitor studies in museums, galleries, science
centres, historic sites, or parks - are you, your colleagues, or
students currently doing research in any of these areas?
Here's an opportunity to share your work with a broader international
community of museum educators.
We at MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) are currently compiling a list of
ongoing research projects undertaken by both practitioners and academics
for the DECEMBER 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 for this issue is *Friday, December 9, 2005.*
(All listings are, of course, free of charge.)
Along with all of our regular features, 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."
If you are interested in more information on any of these projects, a
complimentary copy of this OCTOBER 2005 issue of MUSEUM EDUCATION
MONITOR may be downloaded at http://www.mccastle.com/publications.asp ,
click on "Complimentary Copy." This copy will be available on the
website only until Nov. 23.
For more information about this call or to discuss your research, please
contact the editor, as below.
Cheers,
Chris
M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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