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I suspect that whatever terms you use are destined to mean different
things to different people/institutions. As any number of listserv
threads debating things like "education", "learning", "teaching", etc
will show.

As Hobbes* once said: "Perhaps we can make language a complete
impediment to understanding."

Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum

*That's Hobbes the cartoon tiger, not the philosopher.

-----Original Message-----
From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter A. Anderson
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: In seach of a definition

Victoria,

I think that most us in the science centre field have the same problem
of
ambiguity in the use of the term "educational programming".  People
often
refer to an "exhibit programme" - and our exhibits (we hope) are
educational.

How about "live educational programming?"  Assuming, that is, that the
educational programmes you are referring to are indeed live.

Good luck!

Peter Anderson

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