Patterns in practice : selections from the Journal of museum education.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Museum Education Roundtable, 1992. |
Description: | xi, 391 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5679665 |
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