Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences For K 12 Audiences

Author : Tara Young
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538146800
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences for K–12 Audiences written by Tara Young and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Meaningful Museum Experiencesfor K–12 Audiences: How to Connect with Teachers and Engage Students is the first book in more than a decade to provide a comprehensive look at best practices in working with this crucial segment of museum visitors. With more than 40 contributors from art, history, science, natural history, and specialty museums across the country, the book asks probing questions about museum-school relationships, suggests new paradigms, and offers creative approaches. Fully up-to-date with current issues relevant to museums’ work with schools, including anti-racist teaching approaches and pivoting to virtual programming during the pandemic, this book is essential for both established and emerging museum educators to ensure they are current on best practices in the field. The book features four parts: Setting the Stage looks at the how museums establish and finance K-12 programs, and how to engage with the youngest audiences. Building Blocks considers the core elements of successful K-12 programming, including mission alignment, educator recruitment and training, working with teacher advisory boards, and anti-racist teaching practices. Questions and New Paradigms presents case studies in which practitioners reconsider established approaches to museums’ work with schools and engage in iterative processes to update and improve them—from evaluating K–12 museum programs to diversifying program content, to prioritizing virtual programming. Solutions and Innovative Models offers examples of programs that have been reimagined for the current landscape of museum-school collaborations, including practicing self-care for teachers and museum educators, investing in extended school relationships over one-time visits, and highlighting the stories of enslaved people who lived at historic sites.

Author : Ames Morton-Winter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538186756
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purposeful Museum Programming Using Visitor Response Pedagogies written by Ames Morton-Winter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purposeful Museum Programming Using Visitor Response Pedagogies offers museums of all sizes and genres practical, accessible, and inclusive programming ideas. Museums need to embrace a new model of educational programming, prioritizing and nurturing visitors’ personal responses to pieces while developing important skills in the process. By synthesizing research and teaching approaches in the field, this exploration demonstrates that museum programming grounded in effective theories of learning and emotional response is most impactful in building community among diverse learners, enhancing learning, and supporting social and emotional growth by validating visitors’ unique life experiences and perspectives. Grouped as Visitor Response Pedagogies (VRPs), programming that focuses on these elements and other transferable skills offers a new model in museum education that is adaptable at museums of all genres. The VRP A-Z Toolkit offers a multitude of ideas and highlights innovative responsive programs occurring at museums all around the world. This is the new “must-have” educational handbook for all museums seeking new ways to enhance their programmatical offerings.

Author : Jason L. Porter
Publisher : American Alliance of Museums
ISBN 13 : 9781538148600
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Education for Today's Audiences written by Jason L. Porter and published by American Alliance of Museums. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book will help museum educators meet visitors' changing expectations, train and prepare responsive educators, and develop models for the future"--

Author : Elliot Kai-Kee
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 160606617X
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum written by Elliot Kai-Kee and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book explores why and how to encourage physical and sensory engagement with works of art. An essential resource for museum professionals, teachers, and students, the award-winning Teaching in the Art Museum (Getty Publications, 2011) set a new standard in the field of gallery education. This follow-up book blends theory and practice to help educators—from teachers and docents to curators and parents—create meaningful interpretive activities for children and adults. Written by a team of veteran museum educators, Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum offers diverse perspectives on embodiment, emotions, empathy, and mindfulness to inspire imaginative, spontaneous interactions that are firmly grounded in history and theory. The authors begin by surveying the emergence of activity-based teaching in the 1960s and 1970s and move on to articulate a theory of play as the cornerstone of their innovative methodology. The volume is replete with sidebars describing activities facilitated with museum visitors of all ages.

Author : Sharon Vatsky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538108658
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Gallery Activities written by Sharon Vatsky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the course of an interactive museum tour an educator will be able to elicit a range of responses, conversation, and new discoveries that engage the broadest spectrum of museum learners. To engage the entire group in the interpretive process, museum educators frequently employ gallery activities to enlist other sensory components and learning styles to more fully experience the art. This handbook provides a compendium of successful gallery activities: Writing Debating Drawing Movement Music Critical observation Touch and tactility Features include: Photographs of youth and adults participating in gallery activities Sidebars with favorite gallery activities contributed by museum educators at many museums across the country Planning templates

Author : Sharon Vatsky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538167425
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interactive Museum Tours written by Sharon Vatsky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-follow yet comprehensive book provides everything an educator working in a school or museum, in person or online, needs to develop experiences that encourage close looking, spark the imagination, and support the development of critical thinking skills. Sharon Vatsky looks at the entire tour experience including planning, facilitation, and reflection. By providing a flexible tour-planning template - jointly developed by the education departments of the Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, this book clearly articulates strategies and advice for the educator who wants to facilitate inquiries that encourage participants to think together and think deeply. To demonstrate the flexibility and adaptability of the tour planning template, museum educators with deep experience specializing in working with diverse audiences share how they adjust the tour planning template to accommodate the attributes and strengths of the visitors they work with most closely. These accommodations to the template include ways to support family learning, school tours, virtual tours, promote social and emotional learning, work effectively with students with autism, adults with low vision and blindness and adults with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. These contributions are included to demonstrate that the tour planning template can be adjusted to support the varied abilities and learning styles of multiple audiences. Features include: An insider's guide to tour planning featuring advice and strategies from museum educators across the U.S. A tested tour planning template that is adaptable and flexible for multiple audiences How to identify tour themes that work... and those that don't What makes for effective object selection and sequencing How to encourage and facilitate productive discussions Inserting the right factual and contextual information at the right time Multi-modal activities for in-person and online participation Adapting your tour plans for varied audiences, including families, school groups, virtual groups and more...

Author : Rika Burnham
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606060589
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching in the Art Museum written by Rika Burnham and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching in the Art Museum investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. In this book Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee define and articulate a new approach to gallery teaching, one that offers groups of visitors deep and meaningful experiences of interpreting art works through a process of intense, sustained looking and thoughtfully facilitated dialogue.--[book cover].

Author : Jason L. Porter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538148617
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum Education for Today's Audiences written by Jason L. Porter and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s museum educators are tackling urgent social issues, addressing historic inequalities of museum collections, innovating for accessibility, leveraging technology for new in-person and virtual learning experiences, and cultivating partnerships with schools, businesses, elders, scientists, and other social services to build relationships and be of service to their communities. Despite the physical distance the pandemic placed between museums and their visitors, museum educators have remained essential -- sustaining connections with the public through virtual or modified programming, content development, and conversations that they are uniquely qualified to execute. Educators require updated resources to guide their efforts in navigating these new challenges and building upon the opportunities presented by current events and changing audiences. This book and its accompanying on-line resource share lessons from innovators in the field to support ongoing professional development efforts with essays about current issues. Additionally, it provides new models and tools to guide individual or group reflection on how today’s museum educators can adapt and thrive in a dynamic and ever-changing cultural sector. The additional resources include discussion prompts and adaptable templates to allow readers to customize the content based on current events, institutional discipline, size, budget, and staffing scenario of their organization. The book’s essays are divided into three sections: Changing expectations of visitors - inclusion, participation, and technology Training and preparation for responsive, resourceful educators Models for the future While a book can share ideas in the hope of inspiring change, the accompanying online resource (www.EvolveMuseumEd.com) provides a more flexible and responsive forum for sharing ongoing and evolving resources to encourage professional development for museum educators as they respond to the changing needs of today’s audiences.

Author : Jack Prelutsky
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0679890084
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! written by Jack Prelutsky and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-04-20 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Started by Dr. Seuss, finished by Jack Prelutsky, and illustrated by Lane Smith, Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is a joyous ode to individuality starring unsinkable teacher Miss Bonkers and the quirky Diffendoofer School (which must prove it has taught its students how to think--or have them sent to dreary Flobbertown). Included is an introduction by Dr. Seuss's longtime editor explaining how the book came to be and reproductions of Dr. Seuss's original pencil sketches and hand-printed notes for the book—a true find for all Seuss collectors! Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith pay homage to the Good Doctor in their own distinctive ways, the result of which is the union of three one-of-a-kind voices in a brand-new, completely original book that is greater than the sum of its parts. For all of us who will never forget our school days and that special teacher, here is a book to give and to get.

Author : Kelly Walters
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1648960316
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators written by Kelly Walters and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators, Kelly Walters collects twelve deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators of color who teach at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. The book centers the unique narratives of Black, Brown, and Latinx design educators, from their childhood experiences to their navigation of undergraduate and graduate studies and their career paths in academia and practice. The interviewees represent a cross-section of ethnic and multiracial backgrounds—African American, Jamaican, Indian, Pakistani, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, and Brazilian. Their impactful stories offer invaluable perspectives for students and emerging designers of color, creating an entry point to address the complexities of race in design and bring to light the challenges of teaching graphic design at different types of public and private institutions. Interwoven throughout the book are images that maintain cultural significance, from family heirlooms to design works that highlight aspects of their cultural identities. Readers will gain insight into the multitude of experiences of Black, Brown, and Latinx design educators who teach and work in the field today.