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Title Museums and design education : looking to learn, learning to see / edited by Beth Cook, Rebecca Reynolds, Catherine Speight
Published Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 201 pages) : illustrations
Contents Museums and higher education : a context for collaboration / Kate Arnold-Forster and Catherine Speight -- Museums and higher education : a new specialist service? / Catherine Speight -- Bridging perspectives -- approaches to learning in museums and universities / Beth Cook and Catherine Speight -- Creative differences : deconstructing the conceptual learning spaces of higher education and museums / Jos Boys -- Learning paths : museum-based learning materials for design students / Rebecca Reynolds -- Student use of a university museum / Rhianedd Smith -- The design student experience in the museum / Beth Cook -- Design learning in an Australian museum : a partnership project between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney / Georffrey Caban and Carol Scott -- Museums and material knowledge : the V & A as source in fashion and textile design research / Torunn Kjølberg -- A conversation across disciplines / Rebecca Reynolds -- How can technology support design students' learning in museums? / Rebecca Reynolds -- 'See what I'm saying' : a case study in visual research, digital media and language / Patrick Letschka and Jill Seddon -- The virtual museum / Mark Carnall and Beth Cook -- Learning in Second Life / Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria and Lars Wieneke -- Afterword / Anne Boddington, Beth Cook, Rebecca Reynolds and Catherine Speight
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Museums -- Environmental aspects
Design -- Study and teaching (Higher)
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
Design -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Museums -- Environmental aspects
Lernort
Schulbildung
Hochschulbildung
Museum
Großbritannien
Form Electronic book
Author Cook, Beth (Museum educator), editor.
Reynolds, Rebecca (Museum educator), editor
Speight, Catherine, editor.
ISBN 9780754694311
0754694313
1282524623
9781282524620