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C, Is there research in your data base on ways adults over 55 years old are involved in museums in general, and science-related institutions in particular?
Thanks,
Sally Middlebrooks
>From: Christine Castle <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 2007/03/20 Tue PM 03:32:57 CDT
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Call to list your ongoing science centre education research & evaluation projects
>ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>March 20, 2007
>Ongoing science centre education research or evaluation project?
>
>MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the e-newsletter, is now compiling a
>list of ongoing research and evaluation projects on questions related to
>science centre/museum/gallery/historic site education and interpretation
>for our upcoming April 2007 issue. Projects by students, academics,
>practitioners (paid and volunteer) are equally welcome.
>
>If you wish to share your research or evaluation with others around the
>world, please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] that includes:
>- name of project
>- research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
>- how the data will be presented [report, article, dissertation,
>program, training event, workshop, curriculum, plan for change, etc.]
>- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
>- 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 this issue is *Friday April 13, 2007*
>
>Listings are, of course, free of charge. Submissions are included in the
>current MEM and catalogued afterwards in our archives, which now
>contains over 1,000 entries. Full access to the MEM Archives is
>available only to subscribers. However, time-limited guest passes are
>available to students and interested others by contacting MEM at
>[log in to unmask] .
>
>FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, February 2007:
>
>- The Impact of the Kids' Science State (KSS) Initiative on Scientific
>Literacy in the Western Australian Community (Australia)
>
>- Blogging, Podcasting, Web 2.0 and social networking in Art Museums
>worldwide and its affect on internet traffic in comparison to a
>independent and underground art gallery in Montreal (Canada)
>
>- Front-end, formative, and summative evaluation of a school program on
>climate change and future mobility at the Deutsches Museum Munich as
>part of the EU PENCIL project (Germany)
>
>- Teacher Usage of Art Museum Online Curriculum and Lesson Plans (USA)
>
>- Learning in and from Museum Study Centers: A Harvard University Art
>Museums (HUAM) / Harvard Project Zero Research Collaboration (USA)
>
>- Engagement in an Art Museum [MOMA](USA)
>
>- Museums and Communities: A Case Study of the 2005 Institute of Museum
>and Library Services National Award Winners (USA)
>
>- New Perspectives in Historical Interpretation [National Trust](USA)
>
>- The Art of Problem Solving [Guggenheim](USA)
>
>Also including UPDATES on research listed in earlier issues of MEM:
>
>- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Centre Impact Project
>(Australia)
>
>- Contemporary Art Practice and Pedagogy: an investigation of the
>Artist-Teacher Scheme (UK)
>
>A complimentary copy of the February 2007 issue of Museum Education
>Monitor noted above is available upon request to [log in to unmask] .
>
>Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss
>your research. We look forward to hearing from you.
>
>M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor Hamilton, Ontario,
>Canada
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>For more information about Museum Education Monitor, please visit
>http://www.mccastle.com
>
>(Please excuse cross-postings. We 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.}
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