Museums and Education : Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance

ISBN-13: 9780415379359 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 231 str.

Eile Greenhill

Opis

The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance. This book reveals the power of museum pedagogy.

Spis treści

1. Museums: learning and culture 2. Calibrating culture 3. Conceptualising learning in cultural organisations 4. The Generic Learning Outcomes – an interpretive framework 5. The research programmes: background and method 6. The pattern of school use of museums 7. The value of museums for teachers 8. Pupils’ learning outcomes: teachers’ views 9. Pupils’ learning outcomes: pupils’ voices 10. The characteristics and significance of learning in museums 11. Learning in the post-museum: issues and challenges

O autorze

Eilean Hooper-Greenhill