Journal

44.4

JME 44.4: The Past in the Present: The Relevancy of the History of Museum Education Today

EDITORIAL

From the Associate Editor
Nathaniel Prottas

FROM THE GUEST EDITOR

The Past in the Present: The Relevancy of the History of Museum Education Today
Carissa DiCindio

ARTICLES

Museums for Somebody: Children’s Museum Professionals and the American Association of Museums (1907–1922)
Jessie Swigger

The Influence of Progressivism and the Works Progress Administration on Museum Education
Carissa DiCindio and Callan Steinmann

From Watchful Grasshoppers to Rat Basketball: Pedagogical Lessons from the History of Live Animal Displays in Science Museums
Karen A. Rader

“The Twenty-Four-Inch Box in Your Living Room is Not a Museum” – Early Experiments in Museum Television
Briley Rasmussen

Gallery Games and Mash-ups: The Lessons of History for Activity-based Teaching
Elliott Kai-Kee

“At Variance with Accepted Practice:” Antiracist Pedagogies within the Jewish History Museum
Ariel Goldberg and Bryan Davis

TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS AND CASE STUDIES

Museums and School Group Chaperones: A New Future for an Old Role
David B. Allison

From the Classroom to the Floor: Applying Language Supports Across Museum Contexts
Lisa Trahan, Valeria Romero, and Ellen Blinderman

WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS

What Caregivers Observe About Their Children’s Learning During A Visit To The Children’s Museum
Jessica J. Luke, Eileen D. Tomczuk, Susan Foutz, Nicole Rivera, Lisa Brahms, Kari Nelson, Barbara Hahn, Melissa Swank, and Kimberly McKenney

How Museum Teachers Scaffold Emergent Bilingual Learners’ Meaning-Making During Field Trips
Johanna M. Tigert & Sheila Kirschbaum