10 must reads : learning, engaging, enriching
10 must reads : learning, engaging, enriching
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2014
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MuseumsEtc
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MuseumsEtc : 10 must reads : learning, engaging, enriching
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Learning, engagement and enrichment are at the very core of any museum's mission. This new collection shares the global experience of innovative professionals - in museums and galleries large and small - who have expanded the effectiveness and the boundaries of the museum learning process. [From back cover]
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Six things we didn't know: researching the needs of family audiences / John Bull & Shaika Hamad al Thani -- Young audiences for old collections: implementing children's programing at academic museums / H. Christian Carr -- Education syndicates: a new model for museum learning / Tim Desmond -- Mechanisms of violence: historical tools for human rights education / Marzia Gigli, Elena Monicelli & Mattia Seligardi -- The curatorial classroom: creating opportunities for engaged learning / Jessica Hunter-Larsen -- Learning moments: museum education and families / Almadis Kristinsdottir -- From collections to curriculum: new approaches to teaching and learning / Steven Lubar, Emily Stokes-Rees -- Guests are our heroes: redefining immersion in first-person history programs / Ailithir McGill -- Learning from objects / Julian Vayne -- Mobile devices for promoting museum learning / Timothy D. Zimmerman.
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Includes bibliographical references.