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”
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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”
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”
Schools and Museums: Interview with Cindy Foley and Caitlin Lynch
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”
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”
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