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Adult and Continuing Education

1985

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A Matter Of Degree : Mid-Career Professional Training For Museum Workers In The United States & Great Britain, William Joseph. Tramposch Jan 1985

A Matter Of Degree : Mid-Career Professional Training For Museum Workers In The United States & Great Britain, William Joseph. Tramposch

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

What are the differences between the continuing education programs for museum workers in the United States and Great Britain, and what do these distinctions reveal about the ways in which the role of the museum worker is perceived in these respective countries?;This study will: (1) analyze the literature surrounding these questions, literature ranging in topics from the sociology of professions to descriptions of mid-career training options, (2) compare and contrast the museums, museum studies programs, and continued learning schemes for museologists, and, finally, (3) examine the differences and similarities between two representative programs, one for each country: the Seminar for …