Creativity and Standardization: The Ability of Museum-Based Programming to Inform 21st Century Education

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Jennifer Robin Godfrey
Heather Skye McLeod

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This paper reports the findings of an investigation of an educational programme situated in a provincial museum complex. Phase One of the research focused on teachers and showed the program promoted observation and reflection. Phase Two assessed the impact on student achievement. The data gathering method necessary for Phase Two revealed tensions between standardization and the arts community. Working with this tension, researchers defined achievement and measured essential program goals of the curriculum (“21st century competencies”). The discussion is interpretive and it is argued that museum-based experiential programming could be a contributor to the discussion on 21st century education policy.


Keywords: Museum-Based Education; Standardization; 21st Century Skills; Educational Assessment

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