University/Organization:

University of California Santa Cruz

Title

Engaging Disengaged Youth: Successful Strategies for Museum Educators

Synopsis

Student distractions in social learning contexts have escalated and are taxing the effectiveness of museum educators who guide school tours. A seasoned teacher educator offers research-based, humor- filled strategies that build student engagement self-efficacy as a means to enhance teacher museum educator performance.

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Title

Raising Docent Confidence in Engaging Students on School Tours

Synopsis

Is a capability to engage students as fundamental museum education as a working knowledge of the collections? What strategies can raise the level of engagement with works of art?

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