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Ortug, Gursel; Midi, Ahmet; Elbizim, Deniz Sude; Karaot, Hasan; Yilik, Elif; Uluisik, Isilsu Ezgi – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2021
Museums are used in every discipline to collect, classify, and present information for scientific purposes. They also serve as an effective educational medium. Since the establishment of a boutique anatomy museum at Bahçesehir University, lectures, conferences, and seminars have been organized there over the past four years on the history of human…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Children
Joslin, Jeremy A. – Journal of Museum Education, 2021
Museums frequently default to simple attendance measures to define success, measures that fall well short of the mission impact these institutions seek to have. Mixed methods studies can integrate quantitative and qualitative findings to paint a robust picture of the impact a museum's educational programming is capable of having, although this…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Institutional Mission, Program Evaluation
Viggiano, Greg; Davis, Hilarie; Ng, Carolyn; Sweeney, Mandy – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2020
The informal learning environment of the Museum of Science Fiction's "Escape Velocity" event offers an integration of science and science fiction in a variety of activities, talks, events, exhibits, and panels to further attendees' interest. This study examined the efficacy of this event as a learning experience through a survey of…
Descriptors: Museums, Science Fiction, Informal Education, STEM Education
Echarri, Fernando – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
As in the case of the 80th anniversary of Picasso's "Guernica," painted in 1937, museums can incorporate significant dates and anniversaries into their educational programming. The University of Navarra Museum has taken advantage of the opportunity presented by this anniversary to present an educational project entitled…
Descriptors: Museums, Peace, Painting (Visual Arts), Nonschool Educational Programs
Tran, Lynn Uyen; Gupta, Preeti; Bader, David – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
It is through the collective work of museum educators that an organization grows its social capital in its local community and beyond its physical footprint. Given the significant contributions of museum educators to an institution's outcomes, we argue for a shift in mindset on investing in their growth and development. We share our reasoning for…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Educational Development, Professional Development
Wright, Denise – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2020
Beyond Words: Engaging Young Children and Families in Gallery Education at Tate Liverpool, is a three-year ethnographic case study that explores what happens when preschool children, parents and nursery practitioners from a Sure Start Children's Centre, visit Tate to participate in an extended series of gallery visits and workshops with artists.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Family Programs, Museums, Art Education
Kisida, Brian; Greene, Jay P.; Bowen, Daniel H. – Sociology of Education, 2014
The theories of cultural reproduction and cultural mobility have largely shaped the study of the effects of cultural capital on academic outcomes. Missing in this debate has been a rigorous examination of how children actually acquire cultural capital when it is not provided by their families. Drawing on data from a large-scale experimental study…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Children, Mobility, Museums
DeBerry, LaMonnia Edge – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the effects of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's work in partnering with professors from universities across the United States during a 1-year collaborative partnership through an educational program referred to as Belfer First Step Holocaust Institute for Teacher Educators (BFS…
Descriptors: Museums, Teacher Education Programs, Nonschool Educational Programs, Program Evaluation
Kaufman, Ryan; Rinehardt, Eric; Hine, Hank; Wilkinson, Berney; Tush, Peter; Mead, Bethany; Fernandez, Francisco – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2014
Research suggests that art programs have positive therapeutic effects on children, including improved self-concept. This pretest/posttest intervention study examined changes in self-concept in children (N = 176) who participated in an art program at the DalĂ Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Results indicated significant, positive increases in…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Art Education, Self Concept
Karp, Madeline – Journal of Museum Education, 2012
When it comes to having a traveling outreach activity for a museum, a craft can seem like the perfect solution. It can seemingly be all things at once--educational, quick and fun. But, if poorly constructed, crafts can also have serious fallbacks. Using the Chicago History Museum and the Millennium Park Family Fun Festival as a case study, this…
Descriptors: History, Museums, Outreach Programs, Handicrafts
Wickens, K. Allison – Journal of Museum Education, 2012
This case study of "Listen, Look, & Do," a multi-visit preschool program at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, provides a model for how other history museums can program for young learners in their neighborhoods. In striving to meet local community audience needs identified by annual evaluations, staff created a program that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Community Needs
Munley, Mary Ellen – Journal of Museum Education, 2010
Striving to provide public good and maximize public value strike many as highly abstract and idealistic ideas. Written in the form of an interview, this article, written from the perspective of a practitioner, addresses some of the pragmatic issues that arise when trying to conceptualize approaches to museum offerings and demonstrate their…
Descriptors: Museums, Public Opinion, World History, Program Effectiveness
Wolf, Robert L.; Tymitz, Barbara L. – 1979
This report examines the impact and effectiveness of an educational program (Discovery Corners) offered by the National Museum of History and Technology. The main objective is to offer feedback to museum personnel regarding the impact of museum exhibits and programs. The Discovery Corners program involves on-site presentations and demonstrations…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Experience