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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461792903321

Autore

Hein George E. <1932-, >

Titolo

Progressive museum practice : John Dewey and democracy / / George E. Hein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London  : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-42184-4

1-315-42185-2

1-61132-787-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

069/.15

Soggetti

Museums - Educational aspects

Democracy and education

Education - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Educational Theory; 2. John Dewey and Museums; 3. Charles Willson Peale and the Birth of the Democratic Museum; 4. Museum Education in the Progressive Era; 5. John Dewey and Albert Barnes; 6. Progressive Education in Art Museums; 7. Museum Education in the 1960's; 8. Progressive Museum Practice in the Twenty-first Century; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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 demonstrated