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July 9, 2012 Citizen science, science teaching, informal science, everyday science, Science Buzz, Cafe Scientifique, public engagement with science ... The July MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) will highlight ongoing work in museum education research, evaluation and resources related to science education and learning. Working in this area? I invite you to share your research with interested others around the world. Listings by workers at all sites of informal learning (museums, galleries, science centres, parks, historic sites,etc.), consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study are welcomed. To assist with this, MEM continues to offer a one-year free subscription to any student in a museum-education related program, any museum volunter, an any museum educator who is currently unwaged. See http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx for details. To share your ongoing research and evaluation, just send an e-mail to me at [log in to unmask] that includes: - name of project - research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please] - how the data will be presented - principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s) - site(s) where research is being conducted - time span - contact information - key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please]. To review recent research listings, read the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at http://forum.mccastle.com/. All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the July MEM is Friday July 13. FYI, listings in the June MEM 2012 (focus on history & heritage) included: - Healing Histories Through Memory Work (Canada) - Sharing European Memories ar School (EU) - City History Museum Evaluation (UK) - Memories of Niagara (Canada) - Question of Loyalty (Canada) - Burke & Wills Memorial Fountaion: Linking local history to a national story (Australia) A complimentary copy of this June MEM is available upon request. Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research. M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor [log in to unmask] @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Check out me & the MEM on Web-- http://www.mccastle.com Facebook-- http://www.facebook.com/Museum.Education.Monitor Twitter-- http://twitter.com/mchriscastle Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/mchriscastle/ FORUM Blog-- http://forum.mccastle.com/ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +