Patterns in practice : selections from the Journal of museum education.

Patterns in practice : selections from the Journal of museum education.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Museum Education Roundtable, 1992.
Description:xi, 391 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Museums -- Educational aspects.
Museums -- Environmental aspects.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5679665
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Other uniform titles:Journal of museum education.
Other authors / contributors:Museum Education Roundtable.
ISBN:1880437007
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Coming of Age
  • The Museum''s Role in a Multicultural Society
  • Revolution of the Field: Historical Context
  • Afro-American Museums: A Future Full of Promise
  • The Growth of a Program: From Childhood through Adolescence
  • On Interpretation and Historic Sites
  • To Realize Our Museums'' Full Potential
  • Educators Respond to Museum for a New Century
  • Some Limitations
  • Implications for Museum Educators
  • Key Issues
  • Internal Growth
  • The Uncertain Profession: Perceptions and Directions
  • A Questionable Attitudinal Survey
  • Strength in Ambiguity
  • Our Work Is Good for People
  • Key Issues
  • Eisner and Dobbs'' Generalizations
  • Eisner and Dobbs''s Recommendations
  • Professional Standards for Museum Educators, American Association of Museums Standing Professional Committee on Education
  • MER at Twenty: Some Observations on Museum Education
  • Museums and the Future of Education
  • "Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums"
  • American Association of Museums Task Force on Museum Education
  • "Excellence and Equity:" Excerpts from the Report The Diverse Potential of Education in Museums
  • Education: A Responsibility or the Responsibility?
  • Museum Education and Ideals
  • The Importance of "And"
  • Museum Literacy and "Visitor Literacy"
  • Museums in Cultural and Temporal Context
  • Museums'' Social Contract
  • Section 2. Reflecting on Things and Theory
  • Looking
  • Were Those Indians Hit by Cars?
  • Object Knowledge: Every Museum Visitor an Interpreter
  • Defining Museum Literacy
  • Object Contemplation: Theory into Practice
  • Responses to Schlereth, Stapp, and Williams
  • From What to Why
  • Unhanding the Visitor
  • Interpreting History through Objects
  • The Missing Link: The Role of Orientation in Enriching the Museum Experience
  • Vision and Culture: The Role of Museums in Visual Literacy
  • E. D. Hirsch''s Art Terms in Cultural Literacy
  • Museums and KnowledgeS The Responsibility to Open Minds
  • Naive Notions and the Design of Science Museum Exhibits
  • Passionate and Purposeful: Adult Learning Communities
  • Museum Visitors and the Development of Understanding
  • Sending Them Home Alive
  • Museum Multicultural Education for Young Learners
  • Section 3. Considering the Museum Experience
  • New Directions for Research
  • Evaluating Visitors'' Conversations with Exhibits
  • Back to the Future: A Call for Coordinated Research Programs in Museums
  • Visitor Participation in Formative Exhibit Evaluation
  • Do Museums Have "Curriculum?"
  • The Family Museum Experience: Implications from Research
  • The Family Museum Experience: A Review of the Literature
  • Beyond "Aha!": Motivating Museum Visitors
  • Understanding Demographic Data on Zoo Visitors
  • Section 4
  • Ideas on Informal Learning and Teaching
  • Inviting the Public to Learn in Art Museums
  • A Personal Viewpoint
  • Decentralizing Interpretation: Developing Museum Education Materials with and for Schools
  • Education Programs for Older Adults
  • Case Studies: Museum Programs for Older Adults
  • Learning about Reptiles and Amphibians: A Family Experience
  • Student Interpreters: Narrowing the Gap between Visitor and Exhibit
  • The University Gallery as a Field Setting for Teacher Education
  • Master Teaching in an Art Museum
  • Addressing Community Needs: The Pontiac Art Center
  • Role-Playing in Children''s Museum
  • Theater Techniques in an Aquarium or a Natural History Museum
  • Current Approaches to Interpretation in Zoos
  • Designed to Be Interpreted
  • An Integrative Process for Exhibit Design
  • High-Tech Interactive Exhibits
  • Low-Tech Interactive Exhibits
  • The Use of Humor in Zoological Interpretation
  • Entertainment and Education: Antonyms or Allies?
  • Theater in a Zoo?
  • Section 5. Thinking about Ourselves and Our Field
  • On Professional Knowing
  • Your Private Temple: Fighting Change
  • Getting It Down on Paper
  • Education for Excellent Interpretation
  • Concept, Method, and Professional Exchange
  • Training for Museum Education Professionals
  • Preparation for Empowerment
  • The Whole Audience Catalogue
  • Questioning Premises
  • Touchstones
  • Teachin

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