This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Shortly after posting my last blog on social and emotional learning being imperative and in museum educators’ wheelhouse, some conversations with clients, colleagues, and research participants further drove this point home for me. In my first post, I wrote about how important question-posing […]
Zero
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. I have long lobbied for museums to avoid using numbers as indicators of their success. I note in Intentional Practice for Museums: A Guide for Maximizing Impact that when museums boast their success with numbers, such as the number of annual exhibits and […]
Social and Emotional Learning is Imperative and in Museum Educators’ Wheelhouse
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Just months ago (but what feels like an eternity ago), I was in an art museum observing museum educators lead a group of fifth-grade students on a museum visit. One work of art they viewed highlighted inequities in the world by zooming in […]
Stephanie’s Guest Post in Art Museum Teaching: Continuing Museum-School Relationships During and After COVID-19
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. The coronavirus pandemic has shaken the museum community to its core. In a guest post for Art Museum Teaching, Stephanie grapples with one aspect of museum work that will face continuing challenges, now and in the months to come—sustaining museum-school relationships during and […]
Randi’s Piece in the SuperHelpful Newsletter: Intentional Practice During a Crisis
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Randi wrote a piece for this week’s SuperHelpful newsletter reflecting on the value of Intentional Practice during the current pandemic. The questions she poses are an excellent jumping off point for anyone trying to navigate a purposeful path forward for their department or […]
Repost: Intentional Practice as Self-Care [During Coronavirus]
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. Updated April 23, 2020: I wrote and shared the following blog post about self-care almost two months ago in late February. Coronavirus was in Seattle at the time, but I’m in New York, and the virus did not feel like a major threat to […]
The Virus Makes the Timeline
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. A few weeks ago, we heard from Dr. Anthony Fauci: “You’ve got to understand that you don’t make the timeline, the virus makes the timeline.” Fauci’s words ring ever-more true to me today than when he first spoke them. Today marks the one-month […]
Finding Inspiration through Designers-in-Training
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. For the past few years, I’ve traveled to New York City every spring to do a guest lecture for a class of graduate students who are part of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s (FIT) Exhibition and Experience Design program. For obvious reasons, I […]
Using Incentives for Data Collection
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. After a bit of a hiatus, we are back with a new post to our Evaluation Design series! This post explores the use of incentives for data collection: What are they? When might you need to use them? And why are they important? […]
Who should participate in Museums Advocacy?
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at rka-learnwithus.com. I wrote this blog post two weeks ago before coronavirus had changed our world so drastically. Museums Advocacy is more essential now than ever. Please consider how you can be an effective museum advocate, and see AAM’s resources here: https://www.aam-us.org/2020/03/19/urge-congress-to-support-museum-community-economic-relief/ “What are […]