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”
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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”
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”
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”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Brian Smith
Brian Smith blogs for Scholastic; you can read his posts here. Brian also teaches in the education department at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. He serves as Vice President of the North Carolina branch of the International Dyslexia Association, treasurer for the Catawba Valley Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina, and serves asContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Brian Smith”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Ben Garcia
Ben Garcia is Acting Deputy Director at The San Diego Museum of Man. In 2012 Ben published the article “What We Do Best: Making the Case for the Museum Learning in its Own Right,” which proposed that museums should be true to their collections rather than aligning with the school curriculum. This article provoked aContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Ben Garcia”
Schools and Museums: Interview with David Bowles
My second interview in the Schools and Museums series is with David Bowles, currently Assistant Museum Educator for School Programs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Although the Met is much larger and has many more visitors than most other museums, I think David’s ideas are both smart and broadly useful. Before working at the Met, DavidContinue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with David Bowles”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Meghan Everette
I recently interviewed Meghan Everette, a 1st grade teacher at Daphne Elementary School in Baldwin County, Alabama, in order to gather her thoughts on school visits to museums. This is the first in a series of interviews that I will be sharing as part of my series rethinking the field trip. Why should schools visit museums?Continue reading “Schools and Museums: Interview with Meghan Everette”
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