The Professionalization of Museum Educators
The Case in Science Museums
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5830682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn Uyen Tran (0000-0003-1057-6348, King's College London), Heather King (0000-0002-2849-9398, Public and Science) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-149 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Museum Management and Curatorship (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-7775 • E-ISSN: 1872-9185 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09647770701470328 |
| OpenAlex | W2014481112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 47 |
Museum educators have a longstanding presence and importance in museums, but there is limited recognition and understanding of their work, both in research and practice. Investigations into the pedagogical actions of educators in science museums suggest that educators do not share a common understanding of best practice, which may be due to the absence of professional preparation grounded in a recognized knowledge base. To ensure quality and credibility of museum education work, and for the occupation to complete its professionalization process, a knowledge base is needed. Thus, we offer a framework upon which the professional work of museum educators may be grounded. This knowledge framework comprises six components: context, choice and motivation, objects, content, theories of learning, and talk, which are organized into three domains of knowledge: museum content knowledge, museum pedagogical knowledge, and museum contextual knowledge
Museum education · Museum informatics · Professionalization · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Museums and Cultural Heritage
A compreensão da prática educativa de um museu na perspectiva das comunidades de prática
Equity in informal science education
The Development and Validation of a Teaching Self-Efficacy Assessment for Informal Science Educators
What Science Communication for Equitable Communication? From Conceptualizations to Reconceptualizations and Practices
In Defense of Museum Education
Grounding Systemic Changes in Museum Visitors’ Identities and Agendas
Learning outcomes for museum personnel
How to Support Academic Writing for Museum Professionals
Investigación evaluativa de visitas escolares
Hidden in Plain Sight
Families' experiments and conversations at an open‐ended exhibit in a science museum
Professional standards in museum pedagogy in the international context
The job that no one wants to do? Museum educators' articulations about guided tours
Biophilia and Sustainable Museum Education Practices
‘They Were Surprised That Such Jobs Even Exist…’ Supporting Students’ Career Awareness During Learning Activities at Museums and Environmental Education Centres
Interdisciplinary arts and health practice with an institutional logics perspective
Activism in the arts
Organizational structures and the museum’s educative function. Empty options at the Reykjavík Art Museum
Science Centers and Public Participation
The work of science museum educators
Academic writing in museums
Creating a better understanding of who we are
Making museum tours better
A qualitative exploratory study on museum educators' perspective on children's guided museum visits
Toward sustainable museum education practices
Competent museum guides
Putting museum studies to work
Managing performance in publicly funded museums in England
Emotions in the Museum of Medicine. An investigation of how museum educators employ emotions and what these emotions do
Professionalism Reborn
From knowledge to narrative
The System of Professions
Factors that influence learning during a scientific field trip in a natural environment
The art of case study research
The Rise of Professionalism
Curators and Culture
The Search for Identity
Sticks, Stones, and Ideology
A Knowledge Base for the Teaching Profession
Naturalistic inquiry
Demarcation and transformation within homoeopathic knowledge. A strategy of professionalization
The Sociological Analysis of Professionalism
Rethinking the concept of professionalism
German Engineers and American Social Theory
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |