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A New Role for Museum Educators: Purpose, Approach, and Mindset

A New Role for Museum Educators: Purpose, Approach, and Mindset

Wood, Elizabeth

Hardcover

General ArtGeneral Education

ISBN10: 1032389575
ISBN13: 9781032389578
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 26 2023
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

A New Role for Museum Educators shows how learning happens in communities, how volunteers and professionals approach their work, the underlying principles and philosophies that guide the work of museum education, and how these practices are always evolving to remain relevant.

Museum education in its most expansive definition is about communicating messages, creating learning experiences, and, at its most aspirational, promoting human development for people of all backgrounds, abilities, and circumstances. This edited volume revisits the legacy of museum education practices, reflecting on the changing context of community and the role of cultural institutions, and provides insights into new directions that museums can take with a visitor-centered mindset. It provides foundational concepts around educational philosophies that guide practice, applied methods and approaches for implementation, and the ethos of an educational institution intended to support community learning and engagement that are essential to provide for the wide-ranging needs of all audiences. International perspectives from a variety of museums are considered, including art museums, children's museums, history museums and historic sites, science museums, botanical gardens, zoos, and aquariums. Chapters include thought-provoking reflections on contemporary practices, concrete examples from across the globe, and useful tools for anyone working with public audiences.

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