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Provoking Points of Convergence: Museum and University Collaborating and Co‐evolving
Author(s) -
Kalin Nadine,
Grauer Kit,
Baird Jill,
Meszaros Cheryl
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2007.00529.x
Subject(s) - certificate , museum informatics , visual arts , sociology , museum education , curriculum , visual arts education , convergence (economics) , space (punctuation) , pedagogy , museology , art , the arts , computer science , algorithm , economics , economic growth , operating system
This article outlines art education courses undertaken in museum and gallery contexts as a component of the Certificate Programme in Visual and Material Culture within the University of British Columbia's Department of Curriculum Studies. With the creation of this programme and through the forging of relationships with area museums, unique ways have evolved for graduate students from diverse areas of education and art teacher education candidates to interact with works of art, museum professionals, artists, and the museum space itself. The purpose of these courses is to use museum and gallery settings as sites to test ideas, critique educational programmes, and advance new approaches for teachers to use museums in more creative and integrated ways in their teaching while expanding theoretical knowledge and interpretive repertoires. Through participating in this collaborative venture we have learned that when you invite teachers into museums, make efforts to increase their comfort within these spaces, while recognising what interpretive insights they offer as active participants in museum discourses, points of convergence between teachers, universities, and museums are formed.