Museum Studies

This title from the National Art Education Association deals with themes in the history of art education, adolescents in the art museum, family learning in the art museum and more.

The spatial politics of the museum frontiers -- Race : repositioning and revaluing cultural heritage -- Space : the museum and the new spatial politics of the frontiers -- Including new voices and forms of practice -- Power : inserting new visibilities in the museum margins -- Control : shifting relationships in the whole museum -- Critical collaborative museum pedagogy -- Identity : motivation and self-esteem -- Towards a new museum pedagogy: Learning, teaching and impact.

Contains a brief history of education in public museums, and goes on to examine how the educational theories of Dewey, Piaget, and Vygotsky relate to learning in the museum.

Provides strategies and tips on museum education related to volunteer management, docent training, tour development, teacher training, web technology, exhibits, working with families, programs and events, evaluation, collaboration, and funding.