The Columbus Museum of Art has spent the last seven years rethinking the museum’s value and the visitor experience. Much of this work is documented in the July 2014 issue of the Journal of Museum Education. Rethinking value and visitor experience has led museum staff to reconsider school programs, including the field trip. Cindy Foley is the Executive Assistant DirectorContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Cindy Foley and Caitlin Lynch”
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The Moth: A Student Perspective on Field Trips
The Museum Questions series on field trips includes interviews and guest posts from school teachers, museum educators, scholars, and others. However, until now we have been missing the voices of students. The Moth podcast for November 25th included a short (five minute) story from a high school student, Truly Johnson, about making a friend during a tripContinue reading “The Moth: A Student Perspective on Field Trips”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Karina Mangu-Ward
Karina Mangu-Ward is the Director of Activating Innovation at EmcArts where her work fosters a field-wide movement around the importance of innovation and adaptive change in the arts. In a recent blog post on ArtsFwd.org, you said, “We don’t need new models, we need a new mindset.” Can you share your thinking around this? WhenContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Karina Mangu-Ward”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Jody Madell
Jody Madell teaches 9th grade at the Lyons Community School, a school serving 6th through 12th grade students in East Williamsburg Brooklyn. She is also the co-director of the school, and has been at Lyons since 2007. Before Lyons, Jody taught for seven years at the New York City Museum School. Why should schoolsContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Jody Madell”
Putting the Learner First
This is the third guest post in the Schools and Museums series. It grew out of a comment that Brian posted on LinkedIn, in response to this series. Brian Hogarth is Director of the Leadership in Museum Education program at Bank Street College in New York City. He has held Education Director positions at theContinue reading “Putting the Learner First”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Daniel Willingham
Daniel Willingham is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Until about 2000, his research focused solely on the brain basis of learning and memory. Today, all of his research concerns the application of cognitive psychology to K-16 education. He writes the “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” column for American Educator magazine, and is the author of WhyContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Daniel Willingham”
Student Learning in Museums: What Do We Know?
The Museum Questions exploration of school visits to museums has been sorely lacking the context of a literature review, as noted by Christine Castle of Museum Education Monitor. Happily, Dr. Lynda Kelly told me about a report she wrote in 2011, which is excerpted below. The report was commissioned by The Sovereign Hill Museums Association inContinue reading “Student Learning in Museums: What Do We Know?”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Andrea Jones
I think it’s really important to frame programs around a question that gives it a compelling reason to exist. I don’t think we should learn anything “just because.” So when I start designing, I read everything I can get my hands on about a particular topic, and then ask, what is this really about? WhatContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Andrea Jones”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Paula Gangopadhyay
Paula Gangopadhyay is the Chief Learning Officer at The Henry Ford, which is a multi-site destination located in Dearborn, Michigan. It consists of the Henry Ford museum, Greenfield Village, Benson Ford Research Center, Ford Rouge factory Tour, IMAX and a public charter school, The Henry Ford Academy. Prior to joining The Henry Ford, Paula’s leadershipContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Paula Gangopadhyay”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Jay Rounds
Jay Rounds is the recently retired founding director of the Graduate Program in Museum Studies at the University of Missouri St Louis. He is also an anthropologist and a former museum practitioner, notably serving as Chief Curator of the California Museum of Science and Industry, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy, and Executive DirectorContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Jay Rounds”
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