Museums and Education
At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance. The need to t...
At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance. The need to theorise learning and culture for a cultural theory of learning is very pressing.If culture acts as a process of signification, a means of producing meaning that shapes worldviews, learning in museums and other cultural organisations is potentially dynamic and profound, producing self-identities. How is this complexity to be 'measured'? What can this 'measurement' reveal about the character of museum-based learning? The calibration of culture is an international phenomenon, and the measurement of the outcomes and impact of learning in museums in England has provided a detailed case study. Three national evaluation studies were carried out between 2003 and 2006 based on the conceptual framework of Generic Learning Outcomes. Using this revealing data "Museums and Education" reveals the power of museum pedagogy and as it does, questions are raised about traditional museum culture and the potential and challenge for museum futures is suggested.
艾琳·胡珀-格林希尔（Eilean Hooper-Greenhill），英国莱斯特大学博物馆学名誉教授，自1980年起，一直在中学、大学、博物馆和美术馆授课。1996—2002年，任莱斯特大学博物馆学系主任。著作有《博物馆与知识塑造》、《博物馆及其观众》等。
宋娴，上海科技馆科学传播与发展研究中心副主任，上海市科普联席会副理事长，教育学博士，副研究员。主要从事博物馆教育、科学传播方面的研究，在博物馆展示策划及内容制作、教育活动策划及实施方面有较丰富的实践经验。曾参与上海科技馆彩虹儿童乐园的更新改造、上海自然博物馆展示工程项目等重大文化工程建设。在CSSCI核心期刊上发表过十余篇文章，主持过近十项省部级以上课题，著有《新媒体与博物馆发展》、《重构与发展——博物馆集群化运营研究》、《博物馆与学校的合作机制研究》等专著，并获得2015年上海市人才发展基金资...
艾琳·胡珀-格林希尔（Eilean Hooper-Greenhill），英国莱斯特大学博物馆学名誉教授，自1980年起，一直在中学、大学、博物馆和美术馆授课。1996—2002年，任莱斯特大学博物馆学系主任。著作有《博物馆与知识塑造》、《博物馆及其观众》等。
宋娴，上海科技馆科学传播与发展研究中心副主任，上海市科普联席会副理事长，教育学博士，副研究员。主要从事博物馆教育、科学传播方面的研究，在博物馆展示策划及内容制作、教育活动策划及实施方面有较丰富的实践经验。曾参与上海科技馆彩虹儿童乐园的更新改造、上海自然博物馆展示工程项目等重大文化工程建设。在CSSCI核心期刊上发表过十余篇文章，主持过近十项省部级以上课题，著有《新媒体与博物馆发展》、《重构与发展——博物馆集群化运营研究》、《博物馆与学校的合作机制研究》等专著，并获得2015年上海市人才发展基金资助，曾荣获上海科普教育创新奖二等奖，两次荣获上海市科技进步奖三等奖。