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This book will help museum educators meet visitors’ changing expectations, train and prepare responsive educators, and develop models for the future
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Dina Bailey
Part I: Changing Expectations of Visitors: Inclusion, Participation, Technology
Building Community and Structural Competency Through Art: An Art Museum and Psychiatry Partnership by Theresa Sotto, Hallie Scott, Enrico CastilloChanging the Educational Landscape: School & Museum Partnerships for the 21st Century by Veronica Alvarez, Sarah Jenks, Catherine Awsumb Nelson, Elisabeth GerberThe Spectrum Project: Social Stories, Museum Educators, and Young Adults with Autism by Beth Redmond-JonesDigital Pivot: Digital Decisions to Accelerate the Momentum Among Art Institutions to Evolve, Change, and Adapt by Mark OstermanPart II: Training and Educator Preparation
Training for the Rainbow: Preparing Educators to be LGBTQ-Inclusive by Mac BuffBuilding a Better World: Rethinking a Museum's Civic Engagement Model by Rachel Stark, Anna SchwarzFacilitating Family Learning in Museums: Re-Thinking our Assumptions and Approaches by Scott Pattison, Smirla Ramos-MontanezMuseum Studies Programs: A Conversation about the Future by Jason Porter, Mary Kay CunninghamCreating Empowered Educators by Lorie MilwardCultivating a New Mindset for Professional Development by Beth MaloneyPart III: New Models, Anticipating the Future
Building Bridges: The Need for Cultural Competence in the Museum Field by Teresa Williams ValenciaThe New Children's Museum: Innovating Ways to Support Today's Children by Tomoko KutaSee the System and Be Problem Specific: Human-Centered Design and Improvement Practices for Engagement and Inclusion by Julie SmithThe brain science of museum learning by Jayatri Das, co-author Mickey MaleyNo Longer Business as Usual: Reconstructing Relevancy through Critical Race Theory by Melanie Adams, Kayleigh Bryant-GreenwellThe Impact of COVID19 on the Field of Museum Education by Juline ChevalierEducators with Lived Experience: Lessons Learned from the Learned by Lauren Zalut, Sean KelleyIndex
About the Editors and Contributors
About the author
Jason L. Porter is the Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education and Public Engagement at Seattle Art Museum. Previously, he served as the director of education + Programs at MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) in Seattle, as director of education and public engagement at the San Diego Museum of Man (now Museum of Us) and associate director of education at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. His work focuses on experiential education and public programs that serve community, school, family, and teacher audiences and on using the arts as a vehicle for personal transformation and social change. Prior to entering the museum field, he was a public school teacher. He received a B.A. in English from Tufts University, an M.A. in Education from Seattle University, and an Ed.D from UCLA. His dissertation examined charter schools meeting the needs of special education students. Professional development activities have included presentations at conferences including AAM, CAM, and WMA, serving as a mentor to emerging museum professionals and teaching as a guest lecturer in a number of museum studies programs. He has been a board member of AAM’s Education Professional Network (EdCom) from 2014 through 2016, a jurist with the Excellence in Exhibitions competition in 2017 and 2018, a grants reviewer for IMLS in 2018, and a member of the peer review board of the Journal of Museum Education (JME) since 2016. In the last 25+ years,Mary Kay Cunningham has served over 35 different cultural institutions or attractions in the diverse roles of consultant, manager, museum educator, volunteer coordinator, and docent. She founded Dialogue Consulting in 2001 to support institutions improving their visitor experience through inclusive and collaborative interpretive planning, programming, and professional development. Her passion for facilitating group learning that brings together staff, volunteers, and communities to navigate institutional change is the hallmark of her work. Mary Kay is the author of The Interpreters Training Manual for Museums that guides front line staff in facilitating meaningful learning conversations with visitors. As a professed learning addict, she pursues and support professional development in the field by serving on the editorial board of The Journal of Museum Education since 2010, creating and instructing a graduate-level course on Visitor Experience design at the University of Victoria, B.C. since 2013, and presenting over 45 sessions or workshops in the last 20 years for professional meetings including AAM, APGA, ASTC, CAM, NAI, and WMA.
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This book will help museum educators meet visitors’ changing expectations, train and prepare responsive educators, and develop models for the future
