In Principle, In Practice: Museums as Learning Institutions: Learning Innovations Series Sue Allen AltaMira Press

In Principle, In Practice

Museums as Learning Institutions

In Principle, In Practice

Museums as Learning Institutions

Description

The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice aims to promote effective programs and exhibitions, identify promising approaches for future research, and develop strategies for implementing and sustaining connections between research and practice in the museum community.

1 Foreword
2 Preface
3 Part I: How People Learn in Museums
4 1. Towards an Improved Understanding of Learning from Museums: Filmmaking as Metaphor
5 2. Family Learning in Museums: Perspectives on a Decade of Research
6 3. Students, Teachers and Museums: Toward an Intertwined Learning Circle
7 4. Exhibit Design in Science Museums: Dealing with a Constructivist Dilemma
8 5. Research on Learning from Museums
9 Part II: Engaging Audiences in Meaningful Learning
10 6. Envisioning the Customized Museum: An Agenda to Guide Reflective Practice and Research
11 7. Museums and Cultural Understanding
12 8. Raising the Relevancy Bar at Aquariums and Science Centers
13 9. Challenging Convention and Communicating Controversy: Learning Through Issues-Based Museum Exhibitions
14 Part III: Fostering a Learning-Centered Culture in our Institutions
15 10. New Ways of Doing Business
16 11. Optimizing Learning Opportunities in Museums: The Role of Organizational Culture
17 12. Fostering Effective Free-Choice Learning Institutions: Integrating Theory, Research, Practice and Policymaking
18 13. Meaningful Collaboration
19 Part IV: Investigating Museum Learning in the Next Ten Years
20 14. Understanding the Long-Term Impacts of Museum Experiences
21 15. Investigating Socially Mediated Learning
22 16. Research in Museums: Coping With Complexity
23 17. An Emerging Research Framework for Studying Free-Choice Learning and Schools

Product details

Published	May 04 2007
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	338
ISBN	9780759109766
Imprint	AltaMira Press
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Learning Innovations Series
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

John H. Falk

Anthology Editor

Lynn D. Dierking

Anthology Editor

Susan Foutz

Contributor

Sue Allen

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David Anderson

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Tamsin Astor-Jack

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Lynn Baum

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Jane Blankman-Hetrick

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David E. Chesebrough

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Kirsten M. Ellenbogen

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Cecilia Garibay

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Des Griffin

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Janette Griffin

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Joshua Gutwill

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Jeff Hayward

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Joe E. Heimlich

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Gretchen M. Jennings

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David J. Johnson

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Julie I. Johnson

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Christine Klein

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Emlyn Koster

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Jessica J. Luke

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Laura M.W. Martin

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Mary Ellen Munley

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Jeff Patchen

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Erminia Pedretti

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Deborah L. Perry

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Ann Grimes Rand

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Christine A. Reich

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Léonie Rennie

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Randy C. Roberts

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Shawl Rowe

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Jerry Schubel

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Beverly Sheppard

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Barbara Soren

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Michael Spock

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Martin Storksdieck

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Dave Ucko

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Robert "Mac" West

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Kimberlee Kiehl Whaley

This anthology is the first in a series of Learning Innovations. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.

K. Marantz, emeritus, Ohio State University, Choice Reviews
This will be a useful book for people in the field, especially those new to the profession who want to understand where the field stands today on how people learn in a museum setting. Those with more of a research bent will find a number of the articles enlightening. Practitioners will find structures that help them improve their practice. And those who wish to think deeply about the meaning and purpose of museums will be inspired.

Dennis Schatz, Vice President for Education, Pacific Science Center
In Principle, In Practice should quickly become one of the primary sources of information and guidance for any museum seeking to optimize its role as a learning institution. This compilation of knowledge gained from years of studying learning in museums, combined with practical advice for fostering learning through museum experiences, will be a valuable tool for museum professionals for years to come.

Dan Freas, Museum Experience Director, Conner Prairie
This book is a provocative inquiry into what learning means in a museum environment, and academics and practitioners alike will find lasting value in this broad, deep, and rich exploration of the museum experience. Because learning lies at the heart of a museum's public value, In Principle, In Practice is essential reading for all those who care about the meaning and value of museums as social institutions.

Robert R. Janes, Editor-in-Chief, Museum Management and Curatorship
In Principle, In Practice offers a vital progress report on museum-based learning research to the international community of museum professionals. The essays, taken together, show that the learning research field is in media res, but has made enormous strides over the past decade.

Carol A. Parssinen, Senior Vice President, Center for Innovation, The Franklin Institute Science Museum
The contents of the book are worthy...

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