Museums and Design Education
Looking to Learn, Learning to See
Published on 15. April 2016
232 pages
978-1-317-09295-7 (ISBN)
Description
How can museum educators and higher education tutors enhance the way HE students use museums? There are many examples in the UK of museums and universities working together in productive and innovative ways, but these relationships tend to be based on individual enthusiasm and opportunistic arrangements. Despite the growing importance of museum education departments, higher education tends to be overlooked by museums. This book looks at the interaction between design students and museums, and explores issues, projects and emerging ideas about how museums can better support HE students. It illustrates the general lessons that can be learnt, both strategic and practical, which can help to bring about long-term and constructive relationships between museums and universities in order to enable effective student learning.
Reviews / Votes
'This book sets in motion a long-overdue exploration of the relationship between museums and art and design education. Museum professionals, academics, artists and designers will find a penetrating consideration of educational theory, its practical application, and critical evaluation. The authors offer an inspired and rigorous investigation into the myriad ways learning from objects can inform critical thinking and creative practice.' Sarah Ganz Blythe, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, USA 'This is a thorough, detailed and sophisticated book, which will prove a very valuable contribution to a neglected area of museum work'. Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of Leicester, UK 'As Morna Hinton notes in the preface this informative and insightful book provides the necessary research and descriptions of best practice to encourage the development of long-term, sustainable, and constructive relationships between museums and universities? to the benefit of student learning. While the text focuses on how museums can direct and support the learning of design students, the approaches it presents would advance learning opportunities for all art students and higher education students in general'. Toby Tannenbaum, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USAMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,11 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-09295-7 (9781317092957)
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12/2016
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Persons
Beth Cook, Rebecca Reynolds and Catherine Speight are researchers working for the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design (CETLD), based at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Content
Chapter 1 Museums and Higher Education: A Context for Collaboration, Kate Arnold-Forster, Catherine Speight; Chapter 2 Museums and Higher Education: A New Specialist Service?, Catherine Speight; Chapter 3 Bridging Perspectives - Approaches to Learning in Museums and Universities, Beth Cook, Catherine Speight; Chapter 4 Creative Differences: Deconstructing the Conceptual Learning Spaces of Higher Education and Museums, Jos Boys; Chapter 5 Learning Paths: Museum-Based Learning Materials for Design Students; Chapter 6 Student Use of a University Museum, Rhianedd Smith; Chapter 7 The Design Student Experience in the Museum, Beth Cook; Chapter 8 Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney, Geoffrey Caban, Carol Scott; Chapter 9 Museums and Material Knowledge: The V&A as Source in Fashion and Textile Design Research, Torunn Kjolberg; Chapter 10 A Conversation across Disciplines, Rebecca Reynolds; Chapter 11 How Can Technology Support Design Students' Learning in Museums?, Rebecca Reynolds; Chapter 12 'See What I'm Saying': A Case Study in Visual Research, Digital Media and Language, Patrick Letschka, Jill Seddon; Chapter 13 The Virtual Museum, Mark Carnall, Beth Cook; Chapter 14 Learning in Second Life, Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria, Lars Wieneke; Afterword, Anne Boddington, Beth Cook, Rebecca Reynolds, Catherine Speight;
