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Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators

Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis

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Editors:
  1. David Anderson

    1. University of British Columbia, Canada

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  2. Alex de Cosson

    1. University of British Columbia, Canada

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  3. Lisa McIntosh

    1. University of British Columbia, Canada

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  • The themes of this book represent a set of topical issues germane to informing, extending and enhancing educational practices in diverse museum settings, and will be of considerable interest to the museum and non-formal education fields broadly
  • The research, learning and reflective practice chronicled in this collection will help museums and galleries learn, grow, and adapt to a rapidly changing world – in ways that are both practical and inspiring
  • This book does not shy away from the big and difficult issues facing museum educators in the field today, such as facilitating conversations about death with children, or communicating the impact of Indian Residential Schools on society, as such it is a significant and valuable resource for all museums

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • David Anderson
    Pages 1-4

  3. Home Educators’ Views of Museums

    • Stephanie L. Chong
    Pages 5-21

  4. On Our Own

    • Pilar Wong
    Pages 23-42

  5. Parents’ Perspectives about Exhibit Label Content in a Science Museum

    • Jennifer A. Hall
    Pages 43-56

  6. Sparks of Learning

    • Marina Mehai
    Pages 57-75

  7. Introduction

    • Lisa Mcintosh
    Pages 77-80

  8. Navigating Sensitive Topics with Children

    • Lorenda Calvert
    Pages 81-95

  9. Children’s Attitudes Toward Specimens at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum

    • Xiaomin Zhang
    Pages 97-113

  10. Museums and Marginalized Historical Narratives

    • Erica Gibbons
    Pages 115-129

  11. Training Scientists to Communicate Science to the Public in a Science Museum Setting

    • Wei Hu
    Pages 131-146

  12. Identification of Potential Methods of Professional Support for Museum Educators Working with Young Children with Cognitive Disabilities in Museums

    • Mary Ashley Masterson
    Pages 147-160

  13. Introduction

    • Alex de Cosson
    Pages 161-163

  14. Representing Other

    • Kendra Fehr
    Pages 165-181

  15. Using Informal Learning Spaces to Increase Meaning-Making

    • Karla Smedley
    Pages 183-200

  16. Embodied Tensions

    • Kate Petrusa
    Pages 201-213

  17. Ecologies of Youth Art Apprenticeship

    • Talya Fuchs
    Pages 215-230

  18. Creating Meaningful Experiences in Art Museums

    • Nathalie Sienkiewicz
    Pages 231-245

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 247-256
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About this book

Museums are institutions of both education and learning in service of society, that is, they are sites where educational experiences are designed and facilitated, and also places where visitors learn in broad and diverse ways. As such, the role of public education in museums today is highly important, if not at the centre of museum activity. As museums contemplate the growing significance of their educational roles and mandate within a changing society, so too they are increasingly in need of information about the audiences they serve and their own professional practice as they strive to achieve their educational missions in service to the communities in which they are embedded. Accordingly, this edited book focuses on informing, broadening and enhancing the pedagogy of museum education and the practices of museum educators. The chapters in this book report independent research studies conducted by the authors who have explored and investigated a variety of issues affecting museum education practice, contextualized across a range of institutions, including art galleries, natural and social history museums, anthropology museums, science centres, and gardens. These studies address a cross-section of contemporary issues confronting the field of museum education including studies of diverse audiences and their needs, the mediation of challenging topics, professional training, teaching and learning in informal settings, and reflective practice and praxis. Together these themes represent a set of topical issues germane to informing, broadening and enhancing educational practices in diverse museum settings, and will be of considerable interest to a broad spectrum of the museum and non-formal education fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of British Columbia, Canada

    David Anderson, Alex de Cosson, Lisa McIntosh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educators

  • Book Subtitle: Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis

  • Editors: David Anderson, Alex de Cosson, Lisa McIntosh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-238-7

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-238-7Published: 09 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 256

  • Topics: Education, general

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