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”
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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”
Schools and Museums: What if we tried a whole new approach?
There is a great deal written about the myriad problems with the K-12 educational model in the United States. The system is outdated, constructed to suit a society of factory workers and farmers. The system (many argue) needs to be rethought from the ground up: What should children be learning and why? What scheduling, teacherContinue reading “Schools and Museums: What if we tried a whole new approach?”
When is Inquiry with Art Philosophical Inquiry?
It looks like a donut. It kind of reminds me of a desert, because of the colors. And since there are lines and cracks, it makes me think of canyons in a desert. I know what it is: some type of porthole. Maybe there’s a whole world in there, you can go inside.1 OverContinue reading “When is Inquiry with Art Philosophical Inquiry?”
Are Ten Objects Better Than One?
I recently received an email from a colleague whose staff bring objects into schools for one-hour workshops. He wrote, “We are encountering a difficulty in that the education team is often requesting 10-15 objects per one-hour workshop. While “diversity of objects” is a great topic, we’re trying to curb down the number of requests toContinue reading “Are Ten Objects Better Than One?”
Why Should Schools Visit Museums?
A current project of mine calls for a very specific justification of school visits to museums. I believe strongly that school groups should visit museums, and that museums should provide great programs for these groups, despite the fact that the these visits are time-consuming (for schools as well as museums) and expensive. But this project is leading me toContinue reading “Why Should Schools Visit Museums?”
Museum Questions 