May 8, 2008 Are you currently researching or evaluating any aspect of the practice of education and interpretation in an art museum or art gallery?
MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for the upcoming May 2008 issue. Listings by museum workers, faculty, and students at all levels of study are welcome. This month's focus is work in art museums and art galleries but studies in institutions related to other disciplines will be featured in subsequent issues. If you wish to share information on your research or evaluation project with others around the world, please send an e-mail to mem at mccastle.com that includes: - name of project - question(s) [no more than 50 words, please] - how the data will be presented - principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s) - site(s) where research is being conducted - time span - contact information - key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please. All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. **Deadline for the May issue is Monday May 14, 2008.** FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, April 2008 (Focus on history museums and historic sites): - Beyond the book: public history and Web 2.0 (Australia) - Fanshawe Pioneer Village Thematic Interpretation Program - Front-End Evaluation (Canada) - What is it that makes an exhibition spectacular like non-museum experiences? (USA) - Assessing Immersive Full-dome Planetarium Technology in the Teaching of the Sun-Earth-Moon System to Elementary Students (USA) UPDATES on research listed in earlier isues of MEM: - Industrial- and technique museums - historical education with relicts of the industrialisation (Germany) [Originally listed MEM August 2007] A complimentary copy of this Museum Education Monitor, April 2008, is available upon request to mem at mccastle.com . Research listings are also available on the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at www.mccastle.com. Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research. I look forward to hearing from you! M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor mem at mccastle.com For more information about Museum Education Monitor visit http://www.mccastle.com (Please excuse cross-postings. I try to extend the call as widely as possible. Inevitably many of us are subscribed to several electronic discussion lists related to museum education. For those who are, your patience is appreciated. CC.}