Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney

Geoffrey Caban; Carol Scott

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Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney

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Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney

Geoffrey Caban and Carol Scott

Museums and Design Education: Looking to Learn, Learning to See, pp.105-112

Ashgate Publishing Company

2010

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How can museum educators and higher education tutors enhance the way HE students use museums? There are many examples in the UK of museums and universities working together in productive and innovative ways, but these relationships tend to be based on individual enthusiasm and opportunistic arrangements. Despite the growing importance of museum education departments, higher education tends to be overlooked by museums. This book looks at the interaction between design students and museums, and explores issues, projects and emerging ideas about how museums can better support HE students. It illustrates the general lessons that can be learnt, both strategic and practical, which can help to bring about long-term and constructive relationships between museums and universities in order to enable effective student learning. [Book Synopsis]

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Title: Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney
Authors: Geoffrey Caban (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Carol Scott (Author)
Contributors: B Cook (Editor)
R Reynolds (Editor)
C Speight (Editor)
Publication details: Museums and Design Education: Looking to Learn, Learning to See, pp.105-112
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company
Date published: 2010
ISBN: 9780754677130
Copyright note: Copyright © 2010 Ashgate Publishing Company. Reproduced by permission of the Publishers from 'Design Learning in an Australian Museum: A Partnership Project Between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney', in Museums and Design Education: Looking to Learn, Learning to See in eds. Cook, B, Reynolds, R, Speight, C (Farnham: Ashgate, 2010), pp. 105-112.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449055702621
Output Type: Book chapter

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