Programme 332, Karen Hammerness and the Educational Potential of Museums (13-6-18)

2018-06-13

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Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I am joined again by Dr. Karen Hammerness who is the Director of Edcuational research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History. This week we talk about the Museum as a site for education, including teacher education and we hear about the innovative programmes the museum has in place for educating people in and about science. Among the topics discussed this week are: The education programmes of the Museum Museum-based teacher ...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I am joined again by Dr. Karen Hammerness who is the Director of Edcuational research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History. This week we talk about the Museum as a site for education, including teacher education and we hear about the innovative programmes the museum has in place for educating people in and about science. Among the topics discussed this week are:

The education programmes of the Museum
Museum-based teacher education
Learning about teaching and teacher education in Norway
Outdoor education in Norway
Building community in school
What school is for
What inspires her
Books that have influenced her (The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures and Metaphors We Live By)