Main entry:

Roberts, Lisa C.

Title & Author:

From knowledge to narrative : educators and the changing museum / Lisa C. Roberts.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1997.

Description:

ix, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
Education as entertainment -- Popularization versus scholarship --Education versus entertainment -- Education as empowerment -- Changing definitions of knowledge -- Changing practices of interpretation -- Implications for museums' interpretive role -- Education as experience -- The culture of imitation -- The culture of authenticity -- The culture of simulation -- Education as ethics -- The ethics of interpretation: a modern dilemma -- The ethics of interpretation: an eternal issue -- Education as narrative endeavor -- Visitor narratives: rethinking learning in museums -- Museum narratives: rethinking the teaching function.
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Summary:

Using an exhibition on the naturalist Carolus Linneaus at the Chicago Botanic Garden as a springboard for a comprehensive discussion of the history and philosophy of museum education, Lisa Roberts describes museum educator's activist role in effecting fundamental changes to exhibit planning and development. Challenging a traditional, scholarly presentation of objects, educators argue that, rather than transmitting knowledge, museum displays should construct narratives that are determined as much by what is meaningful to visitors as by what curators intend.

ISBN:

1560987065 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781560987062 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Chicago Botanic Garden.
Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Historisches Museum Frankfurt Museumspädagogik
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Museums Environmental aspects United States Case studies.
Museum exhibits United States Case studies.
Museum exhibits Illinois Chicago.
Museums Educational aspects United States Case studies.
Musées Aspect éducatif États-Unis Études de cas.
Objets exposés États-Unis Études de cas.
Objets exposés Illinois Chicago.
Musées Aspect de l'environnement États-Unis Études de cas.
Museums Educational aspects
Museum exhibits
Museums Environmental aspects
Museumspädagogik
Tentoonstellingen.
Museumdidactiek.
Museums Educational aspects United States.
Musées Aspect éducatif États-Unis.
Aspect pédagogique.
Musée.
Objet exposé
éducation muséologie Etats-Unis.
Illinois Chicago
United States
USA
États-Unis.

Form/genre:

Case studies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191595
Call No.: ID:97-B2580
Status: Available