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Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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November 17, 2005
Informal/formal learning, education & interpretation, professional &
volunteer development, or visitor studies in science centres, museums,
galleries, historic sites, or parks - are you, your colleagues, or
student interns doing any research in these areas?
Here's an opportunity to share your work with a broader international
community of educators.
We at MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) are currently compiling a list of
ongoing research projects undertaken by both practitioners and academics
for the DECEMBER 2005 issue. If you would like yours to be included,
please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] that summarizes:
- name of project
- research question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- principal researchers
- 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 submissions for this issue is *Friday, December 9, 2005.*
(All listings are, of course, free of charge.)
Along with all of our regular features, projects listed in the most
recent issue of MEM (OCTOBER 2005) include:
- Building on-line communities of practice (Canada)
- Dinosaur Hall Visitor Study (Canada)
- The evaluation and testing of student learning and understanding of
biological evolution from new museum exhibits (Canada)
- Shaping a country: Voices of Canada's History & People (Royal Ontario
Museum's Digital Gallery Program) (Canada)
- Promoting Family Guides (Hungary & UK)
- Cultural Heritage and New Audiences in the Black Atlantic (The
Netherlands)
- Minnesota Digital Library for Teachers (USA)
- Arizona State University Art Museum's "Americas Gallery: In Progress"
(USA)
- UPDATES ON RESEARCH LISTED IN EARLIER MEM ISSUES:
"Development and evaluation of a curriculum-linked work sheet at a
natural sciences museum: An outcomes-based approach."
As a thank-you to museum-ed list members, a complimentary copy of this
OCTOBER 2005 issue of MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR can be downloaded at
http://www.mccastle.com/publications.asp , click on "ISEN-ASTC List."
The free copy will be available at the website only until Nov. 19.
For more information about this call or to discuss your research, please
contact the editor, as below.
Cheers,
Chris
M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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For more information about Museum Education Monitor please visit
http://www.mccastle.com/subscribe.asp
(Please excuse cross-postings.)
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