[can-talk] Ongoing museum education research and evaluation in Australian museums - Call to list projects

Here's an opportunity to share your ongoing research and evaluation work
with museum educators around the world. I welcome listings of projects,
big and small, by museum workers, faculty, and students at all levels of
study.

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a
list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for the upcoming July
2008 issue. Review past listings at the MEM public blog,
http://forum.mccastle.com .

If you wish to share information on your research or evaluation project,
please send an e-mail to mem at mccastle.com  that includes:
- name of project
- question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please.

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of
origin. **Deadline for the June issue is Friday July 11, 2008.**

FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, June 2008: 

- Sociology of Informal Learning in/about Design (Australia)
- Evaluating the tourist experience at Portuguese museums (Portugal)
- Space Science Institute NSF funded exhibition, Giant Worlds (Summative
Evaluation) (USA)
- Interactive exhibits as external representations of rules and tasks
(Spain)
- Community Mentoring Programme (UK)
- Designing for the Cooperative Use of Multi-user, Multi-device Museum
Exhibits (USA)

UPDATES on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:

- Evaluation of Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland
exhibition
- Science Theatre: The Nature of Learning - An evaluation of visitor
learning from Science Theatre Shows at Techniquest, Cardiff

A complimentary copy of this Museum Education Monitor, June 2008, is
available upon request to mem at mccastle.com . 

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

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor 
mem at mccastle.com                 
For more information about Museum Education Monitor visit
http://www.mccastle.com           

(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.}