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Visitor research, audience study, program evaluation, professional
development ... are you, your colleagues, or your students engaged in
research about education, interpretation, or staff/volunteer development
in science centres and museums? 

We are compiling a list of such projects for the AUGUST issue of MUSEUM
EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM). If you would like your project 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, August 12, 2005.

Our goal as a publication is to connect existing researchers with one
another and to encourage museum workers overall to undertake and share
their own investigations. The information will be shared initially only
with subscribers to Museum Education Monitor but will be available on a
continuing basis in the MEM Archives
http://www.mccastle.com/archives.asp.

Projects listed in the JUNE 2005 issue of MEM include: staff- and
volunteer-directed research within museums and galleries, academic
research by university faculty and doctoral candidates, and work by
independent scholars and consultants, including the following:

- Up Close and Personal (Australia)[children and their families were
each provided with a digital camera to document their interests during
their visit...]

- Education for Action: Examining the Experiences and Thinking of
Participants in a Youth Forum on Sustainability (Canada)

- E.C.M.A.D.E. - European Architecture www.ecmade.net  (Europe)

- Technology Mediated at the Museum - How to Collect and Exhibit
Technology at Museums? (Europe)

- Deutsch lernen im Museum [Teaching German as a Second Language in art
museums: An empirical research] (Germany)

- Beyond the Surface: The Contemporary Experience of the Italian
Renaissance (Italy)

- An investigation into the role of art galleries in inspiring children
to grapple with abstract philosophical ideas (UK)

- Teaching behaviors and rationales of science museum educators (UK)

- Bringing Science to the over 50s through Outreach (UK)

- Making Sense of Genetics (UK)

- How can Science Fiction be used to improve Scientific Understanding?
(UK)

- The development and evaluation of a science communication workshop for
European researchers (UK)

- Development of a flexible performance area for music and science
activities (UK)

- Using Science Museum Resources for Standards of Learning (SOL)
Enrichment (US)

- Developing exhibits and programs for Belmont Bay Science Center (US)

- National Art Museum Education Program Survey (US)

- The museum tour: Guide, visitors, and interactivity (US)

To receive a complimentary copy of this June issue of MEM, please
contact the editor at the address below.

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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http://www.mccastle.com and follow the link to Subscribe.

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