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Welcoming Young Children into the Museum Sarah Erdman

Welcoming Young Children into the Museum By Sarah Erdman

Welcoming Young Children into the Museum by Sarah Erdman

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Welcoming Young Children into the Museum provides all of the information practitioners need to consider when making the decision to engage with this audience and their carers. Meeting the reader where they are, this guide enables professionals to work towards outcomes that fit with their needs.

Welcoming Young Children into the Museum Summary

Welcoming Young Children into the Museum: A Practical Guide by Sarah Erdman

1. This practical guide provides all of the information practitioners need to consider when making the decision to engage with young children and their carers.

2. This is the first book to provide practical guidance on how to attract young children and their carers into the museum. This will ensure that the book is essential reading for experienced and junior professionals, who are working in museums large and small around the world.

3. There is no competition to this book. Drawing on current neurological research and best practices in early childhood education and development, this guide presents case studies from a variety of different institutions around the world and will be truly unique as a result.

About Sarah Erdman

Sarah Erdman is a mom, museum professional and early childhood educator. Her professional practice focuses on how to best serve young children in informal learning settings. She has a MAT in Museum Education and an AAS in Early Childhood Development and has been teaching for over 10 years in formal and informal learning environments.

Nhi Nguyen is an experienced early childhood museum educator based in Philadelphia. She graduated from Haverford College with a degree in Anthropology and received her graduate degree in Museum Education at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on promoting a positive racial identity in young children through museum programming.

Margaret Middleton is an independent exhibit designer currently based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and working at the intersection of design and social justice. Middleton has a degree in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and over 15 years of experience working in the museum field.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Young Children in Museums?; 1. Reflection and Research: Preparing the Ground; 2. Early Childhood Education: Laying the Foundation; 3. Physical Environment and Available Information: Leveling the Floor; 4. Program Planning: Framing the Walls; 5. Making Exhibits for Young Children: Designing the Interior; 6. Staff Training: Making a House a Home; 7. Reflection and Review: Why This is All Worth It; Appendix A: Story Time Resources; Appendix B: Anti-Bias Anti-Racist Learning Resources; Appendix C: Selected Resources

Additional information

NPB9780367517830
9780367517830
0367517833
Welcoming Young Children into the Museum: A Practical Guide by Sarah Erdman
Sarah Erdman
Routledge Guides to Practice in Museums, Galleries and Heritage
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-11-30
146
N/A
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