Trofanenko, Brenda.

Beyond Pedagogy : Reconsidering the Public Purpose of Museums. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (183 pages)

Intro -- Beyond Pedagogy: Reconsidering the Public Purpose of Museums -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. After the Critiques -- 2. Historic Sites' Role in Teacher Education -- 3. The Colonial Past as "Usable History" -- 4. Encountering Pedagogy at the National Museum of the American Indian -- 5. Preserving Native Space: The Xá:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre -- 6. The Meanings of a Holocaust Museum: Before and After -- 7. Notes on Passing as an Insider at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum -- 8. Commemorative Museum Pedagogy -- 9. 'United in Our Diversity' -- 10. An Ethnology Museum as Pedagogical Space -- Conclusion -- Biographies.

Beyond Pedagogy: Reconsidering the public purpose of museums explores issues standing at the intersection of public pedagogy, memory, and critical theory, focusing on the explicit and implicit educational imperative of art, natural history, and indigenous museums, cultural centers, memorial sites, heritage houses, and other cultural heritage sites that comprise the milieu of educating, learning, and knowing.

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Museums -- Educational aspects.


Electronic books.

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