ABSTRACT

Sponsored by the Museum Education Roundtable, this is volume 37, Number 1 of the Journal of Museum Education (JME) Early Learning: A National Conversation, published in the spring of 2012. This edition includes articles on the integrating scaffolding experiences for the youngest visitors; a national conversation on early learning; from classroom to gallery; museums and community, the benefits of working together; uncovering visitor identity and bringing art through multi -sensory tours.

part |90 pages

From the Guest Editor

chapter |5 pages

Early Learning

A National Conversation

chapter |12 pages

An Opportune Moment

Museums in the National Conversation on Early Learning

chapter |10 pages

Museum Superheroes

The Role of Play in Young Children’s Lives

chapter |10 pages

Thinking Routines

Replicating Classroom Practices within Museum Settings

chapter |12 pages

Collaboration is the Key

Artists, Museums, and Children

chapter |10 pages

From Classroom to Gallery

Building Community and Preserving Heritage

chapter |10 pages

Museums and Community

The Benefits of Working Together

part |14 pages

What the Research Says

chapter |14 pages

Uncovering Visitor Identity

A Citywide Utilization of the Falk Visitor-Identity Model

part |10 pages

Tools, Frameworks, and Case Studies

part |4 pages

Book Review

chapter |4 pages

The Death and Life of the Great American School System

How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education