Museum Educator''s Manual - Educators Share Successful Techniques

This second edition interweaves technology into every aspect of the manual and includes two new chapters on working with K-12 learners and interaction. With checklists, schedules, organizational charts, program examples, and other how-to documents included throughout, The Museum Educator's Manual is a 'must have' book for any museum educator.

List of contents

Part I, Building an Education Team
1. Museum Education and Museum Educators
2. Working with Volunteers and Interns
3. Docent Program Essentials

Part II, Connecting with Museum Collections
4. Educators on Exhibition Teams
5. Active Learning in Museums
6. Museum Education in a World of Technology

Part III, Engaging Multiple Audiences
7. Professional Development for Teachers
8. Museums - An Educational Resource for Schools
9. Families and More: Intergenerational Learning
10. Reaching Out Into the Community

Part IV, Pulling It All Together
11. Planning and Managing Museum Programs and Special Events
12. Financing Museum Education Programs
13. Collaboration
14. Evaluation
Appendix - Sample Forms by chapter

About the author

By Anna Johnson; Kimberly A. Huber; Nancy Cutler; Melissa Bingmann and Tim Grove

Summary

This second edition interweaves technology into every aspect of the manual and includes two new chapters on working with K-12 learners and interaction. With checklists, schedules, organizational charts, program examples, and other how-to documents included throughout, The Museum Educator's Manual is a 'must have' book for any museum educator.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Bingmann, Bingmann Melissa, Nancy Cutler, Nancy C. Cutler, Tim Grove, Grove Tim, Kimberly A Huber, Kimberly A. Huber, Kimberly A. Bingmann Huber, Huber Kimberly A., Anna Johnson, Anna Huber Johnson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781442279049
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7904-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State; American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State and Local History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Museology & heritage studies