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Publication Date: 2007-Jun
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Provoking Points of Convergence: Museum and University Collaborating and Co-Evolving
Kalin, Nadine; Grauer, Kit; Baird, Jill; Meszaros, Cheryl
International Journal of Art & Design Education, v26 n2 p199-205 Jun 2007
This article outlines art education courses undertaken in museum and gallery contexts as a component of the Certificate Programme in Visual and Material Culture within the University of British Columbia's Department of Curriculum Studies. With the creation of this programme and through the forging of relationships with area museums, unique ways have evolved for graduate students from diverse areas of education and art teacher education candidates to interact with works of art, museum professionals, artists, and the museum space itself. The purpose of these courses is to use museum and gallery settings as sites to test ideas, critique educational programmes, and advance new approaches for teachers to use museums in more creative and integrated ways in their teaching while expanding theoretical knowledge and interpretive repertoires. Through participating in this collaborative venture we have learned that when you invite teachers into museums, make efforts to increase their comfort within these spaces, while recognising what interpretive insights they offer as active participants in museum discourses, points of convergence between teachers, universities, and museums are formed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Museums, Universities, Educational Cooperation, Art Education, Education Courses, Teacher Education
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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