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Research on adults & elders in museums - Call to list projects

April 9, 2012

Are you currently doing research or evaluation related to adults and elders in museums, galleries, heritage sites, parks, zoos, aquaria, or other sites of informal learning?

This might include work on guided tours, field trips, demonstrations, workshops, performing arts events, symposia, film series, lectures, teacher workshops, collaborative programs, community services, outreach, Elderhostel, reminiscence work, certificate programs, book groups ...

If so, MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, invites you to list your work in our upcoming April 2012 Adults & Elders issue. As always, we welcome listings by museum workers, consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study. To assist with this research, MEM continues to offer complimentary subscriptions including access to the extensive MEM Archives to students and unwaged museum educators. Details at http://www.mccastle.com .

To share research or evaluation with others around the world, please send an e-mail to chris@mccastle.com that includes:

- name of project

- research question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]

- how the data will be presented

- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)

- site(s) where research is being conducted

- time span

- contact information

- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please].

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the April Adults & Elders MEM is Friday April 20.

To review work listed in past MEM issues, please visit the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education," at http://forum.mccastle.com/

For more information about this call or to discuss your research, please get in touch as below. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,

Chris

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.

Editor, Museum Education Monitor

Whitby, Ontario, Canada

chris@mccastle.com

905-922-6544

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