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Museum And P-12 School Collaborations And The Role Of A Third-Party Facilitator, Katherine Somerville
Museum And P-12 School Collaborations And The Role Of A Third-Party Facilitator, Katherine Somerville
Museum Studies Theses
This paper will trace a brief history of museum and P-12 school collaborations in the United States including recent reforms in formal education and the marketization of museums. It will explore different models of collaboration exemplified by national and local programming in a variety of school and museum settings. Details about collaborations between Western New York museums and schools were gleaned through personal interviews with museum personnel, mainly museum educators. This paper will also include criteria for successful collaborations and challenges to overcome in creating and sustaining collaborations between two structurally different organizations.
Finally, this paper will explore the role …