The museum educator's manual educators share successful techniques / [electronic resource] : Anna Johnson ... [et al.] - Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (vii, 250 p.) : ill. - American Association for State and Local History book series . - American Association for State and Local History book series .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index

Training and management -- Museum education and museum educators / Anna Johnson -- Working with volunteers / Nancy Cutler -- Docent training guidelines / Anna Johnson -- Building effective tours : taming wild docents / Anna Johnson -- Programs and outreach -- Professional development for teachers / Melissa Bingmann -- Families and more : intergenerational learning -- Melissa Bingmann, Tim Grove, and Anna Johnson -- Reaching out into the community / Nancy Cutler -- Planning and managing museum programs and special events / Kimberly A. Huber and Anna Johnson -- Education online / Tim Grove -- Evaluation / Nancy Cutler -- Working with others -- Financing museum education programs / Kimberly A. Huber -- Educators on exhibition teams / Tim Grove -- Collaboration / Kimberly A. Huber -- Appendix : sample forms.


Mode of access : Internet

9780759112315 (electronic bk.) 0759112312 (electronic bk.)


Museums--Educational aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Museums--Educational aspects--Case studies