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Are you currently researching or evaluating any aspect of the practice of
science museum education or interpretation? Do you know someone who is?

If so, MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, would like
to list the work in the upcoming June 2009 issue. I welcome listings by
museum workers, consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study.
To assist these research efforts, MEM continues to offer a free introductory
one-year subscription to any student in a museum education-related course or
Program. Museum educators who are currently unwaged are also eligible for a
complimentary subscription. Visit http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx
for details.

To share research or evaluation with others around the world, please send an
e-mail to [log in to unmask] that includes:
- name of project
- question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please].
For possible labels from past listings, check out the MEM blog, "FORUM:
Research and Resources in Museum Education" at http://forum.mccastle.com/

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of
origin. Deadline for the June MEM is Monday, June 15.

FYI, ongoing research listed in the April/May 2009 MEM, included:

- H5N1 - The evolution of an influenza virus, A study into the effects of an
exhibition and an on line serious game as means of science communication
(The Netherlands)

- If They're Going To Tell Me What To See, What's the Point? Inviting
Teenagers To Engage With and Interpret Museum Art (USA)

- Knowledge Transitions from the Continuing Professional Education Classroom
to the Workplace (working title) (Canada)

- CONTACT: Communicating Organizations in Networks of Art and Culture
Technologies (Norway)

- Formative Evaluation: Citizen Science Program (USA)

- The use of art and culture images in higher education courses (UK)

(Contact me at [log in to unmask] to request a complimentary copy of this
issue.)

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your
research. I look forward to hearing from you!

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor
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For more information about Museum Education Monitor or to subscribe see
http://www.mccastle.com

(As always, please excuse cross-postings. I 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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