[can-talk] Museum education research in Australia - Call to list projects MEM October 07

September 18, 2007
What's going on with museum education in Australia?

Are you, your students or interns currently undertaking research or
evaluation on questions related to museum education and interpretation?
Work by museum professionals and volunteers, faculty and students is all
equally welcome and will be listed.

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is now
compiling a list of ongoing research and evaluation projects on
questions relating to museum/gallery education or interpretation for our
upcoming October 2007 issue. 
 
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, October 5, 2007.*

All listings are free. Submissions are included in the current MEM and
catalogued afterwards in our online archives, which holds all of our
past issues (to Feb. 2004) in PDF format. 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, August 2007:
- At the Crossroads: 'Discovery Centres' in museums: their development,
history, philosophy, and management (Australia)
- Visitor Centre Visitation in a Provincial Park (Canada)
- Industrial and technical museums - historical education with relics of
industrialisation (Germany)
- Target: Education. How do museums reach it? A managerial perspective
(Romania)
- Virtual Museums in Real Classrooms: Pedagogical Practice and
Implications for Design (UK)

UPDATES on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:
- What previous knowledge, experience and interest do Science North
visitors have of polar science? (Canada)
- Cultural Hubs (UK)
- 21st century review of attendance statistics for Australian museums
(Australia
- Teacher Usage of Art Museum Online Curriculum and Lesson
Plans(USA)(includes link to thesis)

A complimentary copy of the August 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. I 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.}