November 7, 2007 Are you doing research or evaluation on a subject related to museum education or interpretation?
MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the new monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a list of ongoing research and evaluation projects for our upcoming November 2007 issue. If you wish to share your research or evaluation with others around the world, please send an e-mail to mem at mccastle.com that includes: - name of project - research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please] - how the data will be presented [report, article, dissertation, program, training event, workshop, curriculum, plan for change, etc.] - principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s) - site(s) where research is being conducted - time span - contact information - key words to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please] Deadline for the November issue is Wednesday November 14. Later submissions will be included in the next month's issue. Listings are in the language of their origin and are, of course, free of charge. They are included in the current MEM and then added to our fully up-to-date online archives. Full access to the MEM Archives is available only to subscribers. However, time-limited guest passes are available to students and interested others by contacting MEM at mem at mccastle.com . A pay-what-you-can subscription is available to students and the unwaged. As part of our ongoing service to the museum education community, research listings are also displayed and labelled on the blog FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education accessible at www.mccastle.com FYI, the following research projects were listed in MEM, October 2007: - Ends of the Earth: Polar Bears to Penguins Exhibition : Are Visitors Learning? (Canada) - Finding Aids And Discovery Services For Collections Of Objects And Artefacts (UK) - Nonprofit Museum (Paid and Volunteer) Educators: Understanding Their Teaching and Learning (USA) UPDATE on research listed in earlier issues of MEM: - The Art of Problem Solving (USA) A complimentary copy of the new and revised Museum Education Monitor October 2007 is available upon request to mem at 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, please 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.}
