Learning in the museum / George E. Hein

By:

Hein, George E

Series: Museum meaningsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 203 pISBN:

0415097754

Summary: Over the last twenty years, museum professionals have become increasingly aware of the educational role of museums and have begun to re-evaluate the relationship between museums and their visitors. Museum visits tend to be brief, infrequent events requiring less time and effort than most other educational activities. Can adults and children alike learn anything from such fleeting exposure, let alone find the experience profound and meaningful? Learning in the Museum confronts these issues and shows how research in visitor studies and the philosophy of education can be applied to facilitate a meaningful educational experience in museums. Learning in the Museum begins with a brief history of education in public museums, and a rigorous examination of how the educational theories of Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky and subsequent theorists relate to learning in the museum. A survey of the wide range of research methods employed in visitor studies is illustrated with examples taken from museums around the world. George Hein concludes that visitors can best learn when knowledge is actively constructed in their own minds, in exhibitions which are physically, socially, and intellectually accessible to every single visitor. He shows how museums can adapt to create this kind of environment, to provide what he calls the "Constructivist Museum." As well as providing a meaningful theoretical basis to museum education, this volume serves as a practical guide for all museum professionals on how to adapt their museums to maximize the educational experience of every visitor. It will also be essential reading for all educators interested in learning in the museum. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 03310	1	Available (Disponible)		1900054803

List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. The significance of museum education -- 2. Educational theory -- 3. Early visitor studies -- 4. The countenance of visitor studies -- 5. Ladder and network theories -- 6. Studying visitors -- 7. Evidence for learning in the museum -- 8. The Constructivist Museum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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