Student field trips to museums are a great way for teachers to enhance their curriculum using authentic objects in a unique and enriching environment.However, the student-centered approach to teaching in the modern classroom (interactive group work for example) can look very different than the more traditional methods often employed in the museum gallery setting (such as the lecture-style guided tour).So Each May Learn by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini is a great place...
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People like to learn.That's the good news.The challenge for museums, however, is that people have many options competing with museum collections and exhibitions when it comes to where and how they learn new things. Lessons Without Limit by John Falk and Lynn Dierking introduces the reader to the concept of free-choice learning and outlines the characteristics of the learning public at various ages in ways that can help a museum stay competitive. The authors define...
A good tour will be remembered for a long time. A bad tour will be remembered longer. Indeed, many museum visitors would rather grapple on their own with new information in a museum than succumb to the potential horrors of a guided tour. However, the elements that make up for a great tour are teachable skills, often common sense, and are all clearly explained in The Good Guide by Alison L. Grinder and E. Sue...
