Physical Description
xxi, 301 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Museums, lifelong learning, and civil society / Gail Dexter Lord
What is museum-based learning? / Barry Lord
The potential of museum learning
the essential museum / Elaine Heumann Gurian
Families and children challenging museums / Claudia Haas
New relationships with the formal education sector / Brad King
Involving the community : the museum as forum for dialogue and learning / Spencer R. Crew
The centrality of museum educators : organizing and budgeting for museum learning / Barry Lord
Space and facilities for museum learning / Heather Maximea
Interpretive planning and the media of museum learning / Hugh A.D. Spencer
Audience-based measures of success: evaluating museum learning / Barbara J. Soren
Marketing museum learning / Amy Kaufman
Multiple points of reentry : the challenge of sustaining participation in museum learning / Mira Goldfarb.
Other Authors/Editors
Lord, Barry, 1939-
ISBN
9780759109704
0759109702 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759109711 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759109710 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.
Museums, lifelong learning, and civil society / Gail Dexter Lord -- What is museum-based learning? / Barry Lord -- The potential of museum learning--the essential museum / Elaine Heumann Gurian -- Families and children challenging museums / Claudia Haas -- New relationships with the formal education sector / Brad King -- Involving the community : the museum as forum for dialogue and learning / Spencer R. Crew -- The centrality of museum educators : organizing and budgeting for museum learning / Barry Lord -- Space and facilities for museum learning / Heather Maximea -- Interpretive planning and the media of museum learning / Hugh A.D. Spencer -- Audience-based measures of success: evaluating museum learning / Barbara J. Soren -- Marketing museum learning / Amy Kaufman -- Multiple points of reentry : the challenge of sustaining participation in museum learning / Mira Goldfarb.
