Teaching in the art museum : interpretation as experience /

Teaching in the Art Museum investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. In this book Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee define and articulate a new approach to gallery teaching, one that offers groups of visitors deep and meaningful experiences of inte...

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Main Author: Burnham, Rika
Other Authors: Kai-Kee, Elliott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2011.
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Summary:Teaching in the Art Museum investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. In this book Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee define and articulate a new approach to gallery teaching, one that offers groups of visitors deep and meaningful experiences of interpreting art works through a process of intense, sustained looking and thoughtfully facilitated dialogue.--[book cover]
Physical Description:xii, 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781606060582 (pbk.)
1606060589 (pbk.)