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Sorry, leaned on the button by accident.
We're about to open in March and I have only two museum people on the board out of 25, so I just sent your comments to my board, as it is the clearest distillation of "Museum 101" I have seen in a long time. Brilliant!
Beryl
On Aug 16, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Beryl Rosenthal wrote:
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> Hi Charlie,
> We're about to open in MArch, and there are only two I just sent your comment to my board, as it is the clearest distillation of "Museum 101" I have seen in a long time. Brilliant!
> Beryl
> On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Jeff Rosenblatt wrote:
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>> Charlie,
>>
>> I like it.
>>
>> What I say to explain what a science center is at its' core, to a person
>> who has never been -- "it's a place filled with big toys you can't fit
>> in your own house, and you can learn or re-learn something when you're
>> there."
>>
>> Jeff Rosenblatt
>> Director, Science City
>>
>> Union Station Kansas City, Inc.
>> 30 W. Pershing Rd. Suite 850
>> Kansas City, MO 64108
>> Office: 816-460-2218
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Informal Science Education Network
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charlie Carlson
>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:46 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: science staff
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>> With respect to science staff versus other staff, I would suggest that
>> museums and science centers should seriously rethink the notion of their
>> place within the educational frameworks, and staff composition. Museums
>> are and should best represent the muse of science perhaps best summed as
>> the expression of human curiosity and exploration. Museums are physical
>> communication devices and mechanisms of sharing.
>>
>> Evidence tends to indicate they are at best mediocre and inefficient
>> constructs for direct didactic, highly organized teaching vehicles. "No
>> one ever flunk a museum," but few have passed them, either. They don't
>> have that metric.
>>
>> As learning constructs are unlikely to be places of new discoveries in
>> teaching mechanisms, or radical redefinitions of teaching pedagogy.
>> People have been learning for 100,000's of years and more. The
>> re-discovered "hands-on learning" was probably the very first type of
>> learning. It may have evolved before language.
>>
>> In the broadest sense museums are about stuff, the natural world and
>> people that are passionately interested in it. (They also reflect social
>> cultural values; another subject.) Sporadic visits by the vast majority
>> of visitors to museums are complex enjoyable human social events. The
>> science content and presentation can have positively affective benefits
>> and positively engage a diverse array of visitors. These are starting
>> points. The muse springs from science, scientists, engineers, builders,
>> and artists. To the extent affordable, the staff needs to reflect the
>> process of science and the associated human interest, passion, history,
>> and discipline.
>>
>> Charlie
>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:53 AM, Lynn Baum wrote:
>>
>> UNITY.LSOFT.COM.
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> Beryl Rosenthal, PhD
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