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- JEM I History of museum education
in the UK
- Museum education 1948-1963 Barbara
Winstanley
- The past twenty years Victoria Airey
- Museum education in 1980 Elizabeth Goodhew
- Talking points:
- Science education and museums John Bainbridge
- Museum learning I M Paterson
- Loan services David Sorrell
- Museum education and leisure Graham Carter
- The past twenty years Victoria Airey
- Museum education 1948-1963 Barbara
Winstanley
- JEM 2 Techniques in museum education
- Education in glass case museums John
Reeve
- Education in art galleries Angela Cox
- The one man band Gary Stewart
- Science/Technology museums and education J A Freeborn
- Museum loan service Ann Dawson Audio-visual techniques in museum education M B Alt
- A mobile for the teacher Paul Rees
- Dramatic approaches to museum education Tony Stevens
- Education in art galleries Angela Cox
- Education in glass case museums John
Reeve
- JEM 3 Museums and environmental
education
- Heveningham and after John Fairclough
- The vicious circle Anne Pearson
- Horniman Museum special interest centre John Baldwin
- Weaver in residence Maureen Lochrie
- Writers in the community Gail Durbin
- Dark towers Kevin Berry
- Horniman Museum and primary schools Mary Mellors
- Projects in open air museums Jennifer Costigan
- Schools radio: one museum's involvement Andy Lane
- Regional round up
- The vicious circle Anne Pearson
- Heveningham and after John Fairclough
- JEM 4 Museum education abroad 1
- Australia Patricia McDonald
- Ecuador: travelling exhibitions Lucia Astudillo de Cueva
- Finland Raijoarvela
- Greece Eurydice Antzoulatou-Retsila
- Israel Aviva Barnea
- Kenya Lucy Ndegwa
- New Zealand Constance Hall
- Norway Christian Andersen
- Sweden Skans Torsten Nilsson
- Switzerland Miroslav Lazovic
- Tanzania Michael Mbago
- USA Mary Alexander and Carolyn Blackman
- Yugoslavia Ljerka Kanizaj
- Ecuador: travelling exhibitions Lucia Astudillo de Cueva
- Australia Patricia McDonald
- JEM 5 Museum education abroad 2
- Austria Heiderose Hildebrand
- Spain A Garcia Blancoa and T Sanz Marquinat
- German Democratic Republic Kurt Patzwall
- Hungary Maria Bezzeg
- Using the collections: teachers' courses in American museums Jean Gooding
- Spain A Garcia Blancoa and T Sanz Marquinat
- Austria Heiderose Hildebrand
- JEM 6 Teaching teachers
- Museum training at the University of Leicester
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- The museums studies course at the Sainsbury Centre Veronica Sekules
- How do you begin? Museum work with undergraduates and initial teacher training students in British and American institutions Jean Gooding
- The art museum as classroom in the training of art and design teachers Sheila Paine
- A joint enterprise Hazel Moffat
- Teaching science teachers to use museums Bert Sorsby
- Training teachers to use historic buildings for education purposes Alison Heath
- The usefulness of school visits: a study Mike Pond
- Museum Studies: a mode 3 CSE course at the National Portrait Gallery Susan Morris
- The evidence in hand John West
- Fashion costume and the National Gallery of Ireland Marie Bourke
- The museums studies course at the Sainsbury Centre Veronica Sekules
- Museum training at the University of Leicester
Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- JEM 7 Multicultural education
- Multicultural education and the role of
the museum Moira Simpson
- The dark towers of Newstead Abbey Nick Winterbotham
- The Thunderbird carving program at the British Columbia Provincial Museum Kevin Neary
- Slaughtering the golden calves Anthony Ogg
- A multicultural clientele in a mono-cultural resource Gillian Wolfe Multicultural work at the British Museum John Reeve
- Museum education: presenting cultural diversity Eric Wilmot
- The dark towers of Newstead Abbey Nick Winterbotham
- Multicultural education and the role of
the museum Moira Simpson
- JEM 8 Museum education today
- Cables of communication Stewart Coulter
- Practical courses for teachers Gail Durbin
- Museum education comes of age Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- Something for all the family Elizabeth Newbery
- The Sussex time-machine Brian Phelan
- Playgroups and museums Katrina Siliprandi
- Change: a constant theme Margaret Beaumont and Tony Stevens
- The philosophy behind Launch Pad John Stevenson
- Museums and the history teacher Tim Lomas
- New opportunities for museums with the new curriculum Sue Millar
- Museum education and the power to change attitudes Trudy Pankhurst Green
- Approaches for implementing change Ian Paterson
- Yes, but what can we do about GCSE? Nick Winterbotham
- Practical courses for teachers Gail Durbin
- Cables of communication Stewart Coulter
- JEM 9 Drama and role play
- A sharp intake of breath David Sorrell
- Lessons from a Neanderthal? Anthony Ogg
- Role play or role work in the classroom Gill Tanner
- How do you clean a chandelier? Barbara Roberts
- The hour of the dragon Emily Leach
- Communicating the message: drama and role play in art galleries Sue Clive and Lucy Wilson
- Active learning and museum education Ann Whitlock
- What value 'living history'? Peter Stone
- Murder or an act of war? The use of drama for GCSE History John Airs and Chris Ball
- Mrjarvis, vacuum cleaners and Puffing Billy: interpretive drama at the Science Museum Geraint Thomas
- The reindeer lady's story: living prehistory Roger Jenkinson
- Acting up at the gallery: portraits and improvisation Susan Morris
- Lessons from a Neanderthal? Anthony Ogg
- A sharp intake of breath David Sorrell
- JEM I 0 Transport museums
- Cycle clips Helen Sinclair
- Secondary school visit levels Trevor Lord
- Wheels project at the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry Jan Anderson
- The magician's road David Mosley
- The Edwardian extravaganza Bill Chapman
- Education on a shoestring Peter van Zeller
- A travelling exhibition: 'Painting in focus: the Aran fisherman's drowned child' Marie Bourke
- Improving worksheets Gail Durbin Visions of other cultures: current practices in Dutch museum education Moira Simpson
- Secondary school visit levels Trevor Lord
- Cycle clips Helen Sinclair
- JEM II Recent research
- Teaching 8-year olds how to interpret
evidence using historical concepts Hilary Cooper
- Pupils' perception of museum education sessions Marilyn Ingle
- Education, evaluation and exhibitions: an outline of current thought and work on Merseyside Paul Rees, David Thomas and Sharon Brown
- Interactive science centre and the National Curriculum Norman Tomlin
- A sense of time and the National Curriculum: an activity for infants in a museum Janine Gregory and Janet Heath
- Museum learning a family focus Richard Wood
- Ethnology and folk history in museum education Gillian Bardsley
- Writing a museum education policy John Carter
- Period classroom re-creations David Eddershaw
- Supplement - Museum Education Bibliography 1988-1989:an update to the 1978-1988 Bibliography Annette Stannett
- Pupils' perception of museum education sessions Marilyn Ingle
- Teaching 8-year olds how to interpret
evidence using historical concepts Hilary Cooper
- JEM 12 Current issues
- The past, the present and the future:
museum education from the I 790s to the 1990s Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- Museum visitor research : a critical overview Paulette McManus
- Museum text: accessibility and relevance Helen Coxall
- Museum education: adapting to change in South Africa Janet Hall
- From the Arctic to the Middle East: three multi-cultural programmes at the Museum of Mankind John Reeve and Penny Bateman
- Museums in education: a course for teachers at Warwick University Moira Simpson
- On with the show! Model theatres and the National Curriculum Polly Penrose
- KEY: resources for schools Peter Stibbons Family favourites: do I have to do a worksheet, Mum? Michael, Maureen, Catherine and Fiona Hopkinson
- Supplement - Museum Education Bibliography 1989 -1990: an update to the 1978-1988 Bibliography Annette Stannett
- Museum visitor research : a critical overview Paulette McManus
- The past, the present and the future:
museum education from the I 790s to the 1990s Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- JEM I 3 Contemporary concerns
- Objects, evidence and learning: some thoughts
on meaning and interpretation in museum education Chris Husbands
- Six points to successful sponsorship Antoinette Moses
- Archive film, education and museums Cathy Terry
- Beyond Museums: objects and cultures David Anderson
- Expression and engagement Adrian Plant
- The educator as museum professional Tim Heyburn
- The unknown soldier Lindsay Show Art gallery education in Leicestershire Adrienne Avery-Gray
- What are the differences between 'objects' and 'documents' as historical sources and what is the value of using objects? Susan Morris and Sue Wilkinson
- What museum educators can learn from 'heritage projects' Sheila Watson
- Whose museum is it anyway? Jocelyn Dodd
- Body adornment Claire Wright
- Chinese Homes Steve Hemming
- The M40 Project Paul McKee
- Supplement - Museum Education Bibliography 1990-1991:an update to the 1978-1989 Bibliography. Annette Stannett
- Six points to successful sponsorship Antoinette Moses
- Objects, evidence and learning: some thoughts
on meaning and interpretation in museum education Chris Husbands
- JEM 14 Education as a core function
- Community education: the evening class
experience Don Henson, Mark Hall and Pam Judkins
- Lives of their own Graham Wilkinson
- The Access to Image project: cultural representation and disability issues Val Green
- The adult visitor Annette Stannett
- Getting to grips with Japan Richard Stotham
- Fun for the young and the not so young at the National Gallery of Ireland's exhibition Children's Art: a Celebration Marie Bourke
- A jungle in Southend: the pre-school Look at Life exhibition Sue Aldridge
- A night of science Jenny Davison
- Handling collections: a whole-museum issue Mama Hinton
- Museums, history teaching and economic and industrial awareness Ruth Watts
- Improving the visitor experience: lessons from Dutch open air museums Janet Ahlberg
- The Stockholm - Yorkshire exchange Ian Paterson
- Supplement - Museum Education Bibliography 1991-1992: an update to the 1978-1989 Bibliography, Annette Stannett
- Lives of their own Graham Wilkinson
- Community education: the evening class
experience Don Henson, Mark Hall and Pam Judkins
- JEM 15 Learning theories and museums
- Thinking skills and museum education Anne
Tynan
- Time passed in museums Rosemary Linnell
- Learning theories and museums: using and addressing pupils' minitheories Chris Husbands
- Points of contact Frances Sword
- GEM design for learning project. Its relevance to practice - a personal response Sheila Watson
- Learning through the science museum Roland Jackson and Katherine Hann
- Display experiments at the Whitworth Art Gallery Sarah Hyde
- Learning in museums: situated cognition in practice Mary Priest and John Gilbert
- The enquiring visitor: usable learning theory for museum contexts Terry Russell
- Museum education and the national curriculum: the 'authorised' and 'revised' versions of the history order Robert Unwin
- Evaluation, learning and museums Rob McBride and David Bridges
- Heritage socialisation: the potential influence of the school visit Ian Baxter
- Art and Society, schools and art galleries Sara Selwood
- Supplement - Museum Education Bibliography 1992 -1993:an update to the 1978-1989 Bibliography, Annette Stannett
- Time passed in museums Rosemary Linnell
- Thinking skills and museum education Anne
Tynan
- JEM 16 The Ages of Learning
- Community education: The People’s
Choice exhibition series at Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery
Helen Sinclair
Using the museum as a context for vocational courses Jo Birch
The under fives at Walsall Museum and Art Gallery Alison Cox
Art gallery education: have we progressed? Frances Borzello
Experiments in putting learning theory into practice Sheila Watson
Hands on! Research into learning with objects in Marischal Museum Neil Curtis and Janet Goolnik
Did you hear, Grandad? Children’s and adult’s understanding of a sound exhibit at interactive science centres Terence P McClafferty
What do zoos and museums have to offer young children for learning about animals? Sue Dale Tunnicliffe and Jonathan Osborne
Learning in museums: objects, models and text John Gilbert
The constructivist museum George E Hein
With children in mind Hazel Moffat
An explosion of provision at the Science Museum Roland Jackson and Alison Porter
The All Hands interactive gallery at the National Maritime Museum Barbara Reid and Vicky Cave
Supplement: Museum Education Bibliography 1993–1994 Annette Stannett
- Community education: The People’s
Choice exhibition series at Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery
Helen Sinclair
- JEM 17 Partnerships
- Partnerships: for better, for richer?
Hazel Moffat
Analysing partnerships Roland Jackson and Alison Porter
Forging partnerships Sue Wilkinson
Partnerships with stakeholders Sally Montgomery
Joining forces: a freelance museum educators’ scheme across the East Midlands Jocelyn Dodd
MAGIC partners Frances Sword
Delivering museum education in Fife Marion Wood
International initiatives Rebecca McGinnis
Partnership: the freelancer and the museum Alison James
Museum education departments and initial teacher training: a developing partnership Hilary Claire
Partners with Education Business Partnerships Stephen Manion
CaBSS, Catalyst and Business Supporting Schools: a museum–industry partnership in action Rose Froud
Partners to be? Annette Stannett
Partnerships: Henry Cole, the South Kensington Museum, design and industry Geoffrey Opie
Partnerships in museum education Valerie Bott
Museum training and museum education Chris Newbery
Update on the National Report on Museum Education David Anderson and Caroline Lang
- Partnerships: for better, for richer?
Hazel Moffat
- JEM 18 (1997) Research into learning in
museums
- Museum learners as active post-modernists:
contextualising constructivism Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
Becoming constructivist museum educators Francine Peterman
Thinking dispositions and museum learning Shari Tishman
Museums and literacy: a natural partnership Lon Dubinsky
The role of physical context in museum learning John H Falk and Lynn D Dierking
Learning in museums: the Internet as a research and data-gathering tool David E Gray'Is that silly woman still following us?' Researching informal family visits to the Natural History Museum Jean Cooper
Talking to each other: conversations between carers and children in an exhibition Kate Pontin
Yet another missed opportunity? Primary school visits to natural history museums Sue Dale Tunnicliffe
Making the most of schools visits: interactions between school helpers and children in a hands-on science gallery Christine A Brown with Anne Oliver and Martin BazleyEducational or just fun? The perceptions of children and their families in a child-oriented museum exhibition Denise C Studart
Museum and gallery educational programmes: learning processes and contribution to art education Maria Kanthoudaki
Young childrens' learning from objects: research in Marischal Museum Neil Curtis
Student work placements: 'sending in the cavalry?' Janet Owen, Robin Johnson and Su Booth
- Museum learners as active post-modernists:
contextualising constructivism Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
- JEM 19 (1998) The past, present and future of museum education
- 50 years: the development of a profession
Vicky Woollard
GEM newsletters from 1954 to 1987: the everyday life of museum education officers Jacqueline Roberts
Reading between the lines Annette Stannett
Museum education and the school curriculum Richard WoffPlanning for early learning in museums and galleries Jo Graham
Exploring and investigating the internet: virtually as good as the real thing? Roy Hawkey
Working with visually impaired people in museums and galleries: but how? Joleen Keizer
Art at first hand: using tactile pictures to teach art history to people who are blind and partially sighted Rebecca McGinnis and Linda Pring
Using museums to teach language and literature: three projects at the Geffrye Museum Vicky Mills
Museums, adults and lifelong learning John Reeve
Education: a whole museum policy Helen Sinclair
Museums, education and youth: lessons from the present Maria Xanthoudaki and David AndersonThe internet: who needs it? Martin Bazley
A Centre for Museum and Gallery Education: a proposal awaiting a response Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
A Director's view of the future of museum education Peter Sarl
- JEM 20 (1999) Developing new audiences, understanding social inclusion
- Developing new audiences - some issues and dilemmas Roderick
Davies
The People's Gallery, Newcastle: Greetings from Cowgate Helen Sinclair and Zoe Brown
Cultural Diversity Network Caroline Lang
Opening the Doors Suzanne Rider and Sue Werner
'There must have been lots of blood around it' - audience development in the North East Ian Blackwell
Social Inclusion in Scotland Frances Heygi
Museum on the Move - a mobile museum for three rural countries Claudia Hart
Rural Social Inclusion and Local Authority Museums Julie Allsop
Visitor Studies Conference, Chicago 1999 Jem Frasier
Bienvenue a Wigan Pier Marilyn Sumner
Teaching Teachers about museums Samantha Heywood
- JEM 21 (2000) Museum and Gallery INSET, The interpretation of Prehistory in Museums
- Museum and Gallery INSET: Teachers' Attitudes and
Priorities Vicky Woollard & Kate Pontin
The Interpretation of Prehistory in Museums Rhiannon Gaskell
Presentations and session write-ups from the GEM Conference 2000, Responding to the challenge of the Learning Age
Wednesday 30 August
Thursday 31 August
Friday 1 September
Gem's new constitution
- JEM 22 (2001) Working in Partnership
- The Cross Sectorial Agenda and the Development of
Resource's Learning and Access Standard Sue Wilkinson
Museums and Libraries: A cultivated synergy Beverly Sheppard
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries Resource's Sector Ian Blakewell
Working with Libraries in Tyne and Wear Museums Helen Sinclair
Interactive Art Exhibitions: an overview of development in the USA Moira Simpson Illustrated Summary
What's the Story? Objects and Stories, Curators and Educators Judy Schlagen
Live Interpretation Pilot Evaluation Scheme Verity Walker
- JEM 23 (2002) Making the Difference
Japan? Yuka Inoue- Taking a wider view of museum outcomes and experiences: theory, research and magic.
Lois H Silverman, Ph.D.
What would museums be like if they took education seriously? Mark ONeill
Evaluation of cultural understanding through a museum exhibition: How do children 'discover'
War - What is the big picture? Samantha Heywood
The Craftplay approach to Reggio Emilia Nicki Brookes & Anne Hardy
Art and personal meaning: Partnerships with the public Deborah Tout-Smith
Access through interpretation: Creating effective learning environments in museums Heather MacDonald
Living history: Cultural policy, museum strategy and learning response Peter Aronsson & Erika Larsson
Notes of GEM Conference 2002:
Making the difference: Museums and galleries as accessible resources for learning
3 - 7 September 2002, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh- JEM 24 (2003) Representation
- Representation and exhibition Tony Bennett
Putting education at the heart of a museum Claire Adler
A personal perspective on representation Jasmin Alibhai-Brown (Madeleine Mainstone Lecture)
Personal thoughts on GEM Conference Samantha Heywood
Hot and sweaty in the museum: Young children learning about nature, culture and science Katrina Weier & Barbara Piscitelli
Creative community initiatives for young people Sarah Greenhalgh
Show or tell? Pete Brown (Bursary Report)
Museum education as a product: Who Is buying? Nicky Boyd (Bursary Report)
Observations made by primary children at skeleton exhibits in a natural history museum Sue Dale Tunnciliffe & Angela La Grange Scott
- JEM 25 (2004)
- Museum: Heal thyself
David Anderson
Healing division: Do museums have a role? Sir Kenneth Bloomfield KCB
Divided loyalties in Northern Ireland: Unionist and Nationalist perceptions of history and culture in Northern Ireland Dan McCall
Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ’ahs’ Chris Bailey
Sanctuary – Contemporary art and human rights Victoria Hollows
Divided societies and museums Duncan Morrow
Researching the children’s meaning making of first person interpretation programmes
Vasiliki Tzibazi
Out of school hours learning – Why we should be doing more Tara Walker
Interpreting historic houses and period rooms: A study of problems and potential
Catherine Littlejohns
Learning through culture: Impact of phase 2 of Museums and Galleries Education Programme Julie Street
Notes on proceedings of GEM conference 2004 in Belfast
Welcome given to conference delegates in Stormont Jane Morris
- JEM 26 (2005)
- Training ‘museology’ students in the Netherlands Nico Halbertsma
(Madeleine Mainstone Memorial Lecture)
Museological knowledge, recreational learning and the audience in the vertebrate palaeontology gallery - A Changing World: Dinosaurs, Diversity and Drifting Continents, Museum of Texas Tech University Yun Shun Susie Chung
Hybrid digital-physical exhibitions: Creating new possibilities for education through novel computing in museums Tony Hall, Liam Bannon, Luigina Ciofi & Eamonn Murphy
The Ancients’ Appliance of Science: An innovative approach to developing pupils’ understanding of culturally defining technology. Philip Stephenson, Frances Sword & Paul Warwick
Learning Organisations: Embracing Change (notes on Proceedings of GEM Conference 2005)
Challenge and Change Councillor Ken Thornber
Embracing Change in a Political Context David Lammy
The shift towards a more rigorous learning agenda Keith Nichol
Everybody in? Museums and galleries from a family perspective Dea Birkett
Creative thinking at work Nigel Newman
A personal perspective (on museums in war and the need to preserve archives) Kate Adie OBE
- JEM 27 (2006)
- Editorial John Reeve
Going Global: GEM and UNESCO Richard Ennals
Reading the city: tangible and intangible heritage in London Jenny Wedgebury
The Tibet Museum: a case study of a museum by a community-in-exile Rinku Mitra
Across the board: around the world in 18 games Kate Pontin
- JEM 28 (2007)
- Editorial: Every Audience Matters
John Reeve
Measuring learning in museums: the research and its findings Eilean Hooper-Greenhill
‘I didn’t know you could do that!’ Opening doors to ESOL students in Leeds Justine Reilly
The social impact of museums: actively reducing crime Katy Archer
Creative Heritage and having a good time Ruth Clarke
Eyes grown far sighted with the passage of time: reflections on the globalising tendencies of museums Henrietta Lidchi
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