Learning in the Museum: Pedagogies in Practice

Harvard HGSE

Museums are spaces for learners of all kinds to question, wonder, investigate, discuss, and build practical and analytical skills. Based in the diverse, world-class collections at the Harvard Art Museums, this practice-based course explores a variety of strategies for object-based teaching and learning, while taking a critical approach to these pedagogies. We will read key scholarship on a range of methods for teaching with art and other objects, and then model and assess those methods…