This week, I am beginning the process of reflecting on the past 25 posts about field trips. In this post, I am interested in goals and value: How do the many contributors to Museum Questions answer the question, “Why should school groups visit museums?” What do their answers tell us about the current state of museums, museum education, and school fieldContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Goals for Students”
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But will YOU be here? An argument for tours that encourage life-long museum-going
This is the fifth guest post in the Schools and Museums series. Jackie Delamatre has been a museum educator for over a decade. Until this fall, she was an educator at the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art. She recently moved to Providence, RI where she is an educator at theContinue reading “But will YOU be here? An argument for tours that encourage life-long museum-going”
Status Update: Facebook as a Reflection Tool
The Schools and Museums series has featured a variety of perspectives on what field trips might mean for students. This post, by David Bowles, takes on that question from a slightly different angle, asking what the kids themselves express interest in. David was interviewed for this blog in September. As Assistant Museum Educator for SchoolContinue reading “Status Update: Facebook as a Reflection Tool”
What is the purpose of a Happy New Year blog post?
Why interrupt regularly scheduled programming to blog a new year’s message? There are three reasons that come to mind: 1. To note a hiatus in posting. The next new Museum Questions post will be on January 5, 2015. In the meantime, if you need something to read, here are a few older posts that youContinue reading “What is the purpose of a Happy New Year blog post?”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Kylie Peppler
Kylie Peppler is Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Director of The Creativity Labs at Indiana University Bloomington. An artist by training, her research focuses on the intersection of arts, new media, and informal learning. How does your research relate to museums? I’m a learning scientist, which means I study learning in real world contexts.Continue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Kylie Peppler”
To Pay or Not to Pay: A 2013-14 Study of Museum Practice
Recently, five museum professionals took it upon themselves to conduct a survey of museums and the issue of paid vs unpaid educators. These intrepid professionals were Jeanne Hoel, The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA; Barbara Bassett, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Sheila McGuire, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and April Oswald, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Jeanne shared the findingsContinue reading “To Pay or Not to Pay: A 2013-14 Study of Museum Practice”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Anna Cutler
Anna Cutler is the Director of Learning at Tate in the United Kingdom. Before joining Tate Anna was the director of Creative Partnerships Kent, where she was involved with research into learning in the visual arts. Why offer school tours? Students’ horizons have been so concertinaed into one perspective – museums offer an expandedContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Anna Cutler”
Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and related events
A few weeks ago, Gretchen Jennings reached out to a number of bloggers to discuss what we could do to address events in Ferguson, Cleveland, and Staten Island. These bloggers, including myself, decided to collaboratively draft a joint statement. Writing a collaborative statement with people you do not know is challenging. In the end, this document includesContinue reading “Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and related events”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Anne Kraybill
Anne Kraybill is the Distance Learning Project Manager at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, where she is developing an online for-credit course for high school students in the state, and eventually the nation, to take online. She was formerly the Museum’s School and Community Programs Manager, where she oversaw the implementation of the WillardContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Anne Kraybill”
Should museums respond to the grand jury verdicts in Ferguson and New York City?
I am taking a break today from my ongoing exploration of field trips to explore a currently pressing issue. I will return to the subject of schools and museums on Thursday. Over the past ten days, I have been part of discussions – largely taking place on social media, which is worth contemplating in a separateContinue reading “Should museums respond to the grand jury verdicts in Ferguson and New York City?”
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