Publication

2012 - Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveprogressivemuseu0000hein
  • ISBN-139781598744804
  • ISBN-139781598744811
  • ISBN-139781611325904
  • ISBN-139781611327878
and 10 more
  • ISBN-101598744801
  • ISBN-10159874481X
  • ISBN-101611325900
  • ISBN-101611327873
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012012228
  • OCLC Control Number764361171
  • OCLC Control Number808372543
  • Better World Books9781598744804
  • Better World Books9781598744811
  • Open LibraryOL25290241M

Classifications

  • DDC069/.15
  • LCCAM7 .H444 2012
  • LCCAM7.H444 2012
and 1 more
  • LCCAM7 .H444 2012eb

Description

"Preeminent museum education theorist George E. Hein explores the work, philosophy, and impact of educational reformer John Dewey and his importance for museums. Hein traces current practice in museum education to Dewey's early 20th-century ideas about education, democracy, and progress toward improving society, and in so doing provides a rare history of museum education as a profession. Giving special attention to the progressive individuals and institutions who followed Dewey in developing the foundations for the experiential learning that is considered best practice today, Hein demonstrates a parallel between contemporary theories about education and socio-political progress and, specifically, the significance of museums for sustaining and advancing a democratic society"--Publisher description.

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