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Teaching and learning in the art museum galleries: tour guide strategies and approaches

Girardot, Kendra Sue
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406885494

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2004, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Arts Policy and Administration.
There are unique challenges to teaching and learning in the gallery setting that may impede students from learning and having enjoyable experiences. Museum theorist and pedagogists stress the importance of developing strategies and approaches that foster interest, and motivate students to learn and experience artworks, in order to lead effective tours for school groups. This thesis is a qualitative investigation that studies what affect the implementation of several touring strategies and approaches had on students’ learning and enjoyment in the gallery setting. The participants were students at 4-12 grade levels who received tours of exhibitions of contemporary art presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts, at the Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio. Through narrative, I describe how creating a comfortable learning environment, and using active-learning situations, helped increase the effectiveness of the tours I gave to student groups. The affects include high levels of participation in looking at, talking about, making meaning of artworks, and learning about artworks while having enjoyable experiences.
Terry M. Barrett (Advisor)
Patricia L. Stuhr (Committee Member)
125 p.
Art Education

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  • Girardot, K. S. (2004). Teaching and learning in the art museum galleries: tour guide strategies and approaches [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406885494

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Girardot, Kendra. Teaching and learning in the art museum galleries: tour guide strategies and approaches. 2004. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406885494.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Girardot, Kendra. "Teaching and learning in the art museum galleries: tour guide strategies and approaches." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406885494

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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