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Links of interest to the Informal Learning community
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Informal learning references
The Museum Learning Collaborative is building an annotated bibliography.
Kira King has collected a number of references on museum/school partnerships.
Organizations
American Association of Museums Founded in 1906, the American Association of Museums (AAM) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation, and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards, and volunteers across the country to better serve the public.
American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its more than 22,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research, testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology, and political science.
Association of Science and Technology Centers Founded in 1973, the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) is a nonprofit association with over 500 members, composed of science centers and related institutions, including zoos, nature centers, aquaria, planetariums and space theaters, and natural history and children's museums. ASTC's membership includes over 400 science museums in 43 countries with a combined annual attendance of more than 90 million visitors in the United States alone. ASTC supports and stimulates excellence and innovation in science museums, and strengthens their capacity to serve as effective community resources in promoting public understanding of science and technology.
Center for Museum Studies Museum Studies Database The Center for Museum Studies (CMS) Museum Studies Database is an ongoing bibliographic research tool offering electronic access to information about theses, dissertations, articles, and audiotapes concerning the theory and operations of museums. Information focuses on a range of topics including the role and function of museums, their history and philosophy, and their nature and structure. Listings can be searched by author, title, related subject areas, geographical location, institution name, and key words.
International Society for the Advancement of Interpretive Communications ISAIC is a new international, non-profit organization for the interpretive profession. ISAIC is for Natural, Cultural, Urban, Tourism, and other Resource Interpretors and educators in Museums, Art Galleries, Parks and Natural Areas, Zoos and Aquariums, Historic Sites, Heritage Tourism attractions, Forests, and other related topic areas. It will serve members in both the private (commercial) and public sectors, from docents and volunteers, up through top administrative staff.
The Museum Computer Network is a nonprofit organization of professionals dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums through the use of computer technologies. We serve individuals and institutions wishing to improve their means of developing, managing, and conveying museum information through the use of automation. We support cooperative efforts that enable museums to be more effective at creating and disseminating cultural and scientific knowledge as represented by their collections and related documentation.
The Museum Education Roundtable is an active communications network encouraging leadership, scholarship, and personal development among educators and museum professionals. MER is dedicated to providing its members the resources and expertise necessary in meeting today's challenges and those of the twenty-first century. Among its publications is the Journal of Museum Education. MER
The Museum Learning Collaborative (MLC), funded by a consortium of public agencies, exists to further theoretically driven research on learning in museums. This nationwide project includes a core of researchers and museums working together to assemble a literature base, conduct research, and build an extended network of additional researchers.
National Association for Research in Science Teaching NARST was founded in 1928. The purpose of NARST is to promote research in science education at all levels and to disseminate research findings in such ways as to improve science teaching. These purposes are reflected in the motto: "Organized to improve science teaching-through research".
Visitor Studies Association The goal of the Visitor Studies Association is to encourage and facilitate information exchange and studies that enhance the experience of visitors in a wide variety of settings from museums and galleries to parks and zoos. Members have a diverse set of interests with the common objective of providing the optimal experience for the visitor. Fields of interest include: visitor orientation; visitor surveys and audience development; exhibit and program evaluation; evaluation of visitor services; and, development of methodology for visitor studies.
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