March 20, 2007
Ongoing museum education research or evaluation project?

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the e-newsletter, is now compiling a
list of ongoing research and evaluation projects on questions related to
museum/gallery/historic site education and interpretation for our
upcoming April 2007 issue. Projects by students, academics,
practitioners (paid and volunteer) are equally welcome.
 
If you wish to share your research or evaluation with others around the
world, please send an e-mail to mem at mccastle.com that includes:
- name of project
- research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented [report, article, dissertation,
program, training event, workshop, curriculum, plan for change, etc.]
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- 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 this issue is *Friday April 13, 2007*

Listings are, of course, free of charge. Submissions are included in the
current MEM and catalogued afterwards in our archives, which now
contains over 1,000 entries. Full access to the MEM Archives is
available only to subscribers. However, time-limited guest passes are
available to students and interested others by contacting MEM at
mem at mccastle.com .

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, February 2007:

- The Impact of the Kids' Science State (KSS) Initiative on Scientific
Literacy in the Western Australian Community (Australia)

- Blogging, Podcasting, Web 2.0 and social networking in Art Museums
worldwide and its affect on internet traffic in comparison to a
independent and underground art gallery in Montreal (Canada)

- Front-end, formative, and summative evaluation of a school program on
climate change and future mobility at the Deutsches Museum Munich as
part of the EU PENCIL project (Germany)

- Teacher Usage of Art Museum Online Curriculum and Lesson Plans (USA)

- Learning in and from Museum Study Centers: A Harvard University Art
Museums (HUAM) / Harvard Project Zero Research Collaboration (USA)

- Engagement in an Art Museum [MOMA](USA)

- Museums and Communities: A Case Study of the 2005 Institute of Museum
and Library Services National Award Winners (USA)

- New Perspectives in Historical Interpretation [National Trust](USA)

- The Art of Problem Solving [Guggenheim](USA)

Also including UPDATES on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:

- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Centre Impact Project
(Australia)

- Contemporary Art Practice and Pedagogy: an investigation of the
Artist-Teacher Scheme (UK)

A complimentary copy of the February 2007 issue of Museum Education
Monitor noted above is available upon request to mem at mccastle.com .   

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss
your research. We look forward to hearing from you.

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada
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(Please excuse cross-postings. We try to extend the call as widely as
possible. Inevitably many of us are subscribed to several electronic
discussion lists related to museum education. For those who are, your
patience is appreciated. CC.}