Patterns in Practice

Susan K. Nichols

Part 1 Coming of Age; Chapter 1 Introduction The Museum's Role in a Multicultural Society, Claudine K. Brown; Chapter 2 Introduction Evolution of the Field: Historical Context, Barbara Franco; Chapter 3 Afro-American Museums: A Future Full of Promise, Arnina J. Dickerson; Chapter 4 The Growth of a Program: From Childhood through Adolescence, Alberta Sebolt George; Chapter 5 On Interpretation and Historic Sites, Suzanne B. Schell; Chapter 6 To Realize Our Museums' Full Potential, Joan C. Madden; Chapter 7 Educators Respond to Museums for a New Century; Chapter 8 The Uncertain Profession: Perceptions and Directions; Chapter 9 Professional Standards for Museum Educators; Chapter 10 MER at Twenty: Some Observations on Museum Education, Kenneth Starr; Chapter 11 Museums and the Future of Education, Joel N. Bloom, Ann Mintz; Chapter 12 “Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums”; Part 2 Reflecting on Things and Theory; Chapter 13 Introduction Looking, John Fines; Chapter 14 Introduction Were Those Indians Hit by Cars?, Robert Sullivan; Chapter 15 Object Knowledge: Every Museum Visitor an Interpreter, Thomas J. Schlereth; Chapter 16 Defining Museum Literacy, Carol B. Stapp; Chapter 17 Object Contemplation: Theory into Practice, Patterson B. Williams; Chapter 18 Responses to Schlereth, Stapp, and Williams; Chapter 19 Interpreting History through Objects, Barbara G. Carson; Chapter 20 The Missing Link: The Role of Orientation in Enriching the Museum Experience, Robert L. Wolf; Chapter 21 Vision and Culture: The Role of Museums in Visual Literacy, Danielle Rice; Chapter 22 Museums and Knowledge: The Responsibility to Open Minds, Lisa Roberts; Chapter 23 Naive Notions and the Design of Science Museum Exhibits, Minda Bourn; Chapter 24 Passionate and Purposeful: Adult Learning Communities, Luke Baldwin, Sharlene Cochrane, Constance Counts, Joan Dolamore, Martha McKenna, Barbara Vacarr; Chapter 25 Museum Visitors and the Development of Understanding, El