 |
 |
"A little gem of a place ..." Research on education, interpretation, p.d., and visitor studies in small- to medium-sized museums, galleries, historic sites, science centres, urban or rural - are you, your colleagues, or your students doing any work in this area? We are compiling a list of such projects for the OCTOBER issue of MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM). 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, October 7, 2005*. Projects listed in the most recent issue of MEM (AUGUST 2005) include: - Quetzalcoatl, E.T., and Archaeological Distinction: Memory and Identity in the Narration and Consumption of Mexican Archaeological Sites (Teotihuacan and Tula) (Mexico/USA) - What did you learn at the museum today? - Second Study (UK) - Art and the Emotional senses: New approaches to museum education (UK) - Agricultural dioramas: their past present and future (UK) - Evaluation of the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conferences for Educators (usa) - Evaluation of Advanced Explainer Training at the New York Hall of Science (USA) - Revealing the Invisible Universe: From Nanoscope to Telescope (USA) To receive a complimentary copy of the August 05 MEM, please contact the editor at the address below. M. Christine Castle, Ph.D. Editor, Museum Education Monitor [log in to unmask] For more information about Museum Education Monitor please go to http://www.mccastle.com/subscribe.asp [Please excuse cross-postings.]