Index of Issues
The Docent as Teacher Autumn 1991, Vol. 1, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Subjectivity and Inquiry Teaching, Alan Gartenhaus |
Teachers have Great Expectations, Jackie Littleton |
Questioning Strategies: For Adults Only, Barbara Henry |
Blind People Can See Your Collections With a Little Help From You, Janice Majewski |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me: Docents share techniques and ideas they find successful, Karen Jones |
The National Docent Symposium, Von Long |
It’s Alive! Teaching with a Living Collection, Ann Wheeler |
Insights into Art: One Museum’s Approach, Carol Wyrick |
Sharpening Communication Skills Winter 1991, Vol. 1, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Watch Your Language! Words that Promote Understanding, Alan Gartenhaus |
Connecting with Multi-Cultural Audiences, Tamra Carboni |
Talking with Teenagers, Susan Feibelman |
A Few Principals of Public Speaking, Molly Dempsey |
There’s an art and science to…Telling Stories, Clare Cuddy |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Docents share ideas they find successful |
Another Side of Communication: Listening, Susan Miner |
Discipline…Its not a Four-Letter Word, Jackie Littleton |
Inquiry and Teaching Spring 1992, Vol. 1, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Teaching with Questions, Alan Gartenhaus |
Inquiry and the Primary Learner: Questions and Young Children, Jackie Littleton |
Reappraising Praise: Responding to Visitors’ Answers, Felice Kaufmann |
What to do When People Talk Back!: Questioning Modern Art, Danielle Rice |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Docents Share techniques they find successful., |
A Concise Glossary of Inquiry Related Terms |
Using Discipline-Based Art Education: A Personal Perspective, Susan B. Spero |
Specialized Teaching Summer 1992, Vol. 1, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
The Persistence of Bias: Teaching about Cultural Heritage, Alan Gartenhaus |
Comparative Functional Osteology for Young Audiences, Robert B. Pickering |
Bringing It All Down to Earth: Teaching and Space Technology, Darlene Ahalt |
Special Needs Require Specialized Teaching, Peggy Marshall |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Docents share techniques they find successful., Myrna B. Bergeron |
Welcoming a Very Special Audience: Museum Neophytes, Jackie Littleton |
Special Topic Teaching: “The Jewish Immigrant Experience,” Charlotte Paul |
Getting the Most From Your Library Research, Jeannette Dixon & William Howze |
Understanding Audiences Autumn 1992, Vol. 2, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Why Understand Audiences?, Alan Gartenhaus |
The Impact of Learning Styles, Sr. Eileen Rice |
Watching Children Grow: A Guide to Childhood Development, Marla K. Shoemaker |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Docents share techniques they find successful., Deana Davis and Diana Linden |
Searching for Similarities, Jackie Littleton |
A “Child-Centered” Approach, Jeanette Hauck Booth |
Letting Teens be Themselves, Peggy Zemach |
Disruptive Audiences: Advice from Someone Who Knows, Gloria Perry |
Touring with Older Adults: Emphasizing the Noun, Not the Adjective, Betsy Gough-DiJulio & Raymond M. Leinbach |
Interdisciplinary Approaches Winter 1992, Vol. 2, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Revealing the Spectrum, Alan Gartenhaus |
Reaching Kids Through Literature, Jackie Littleton |
Interdisciplinary Teaching: Branches, Ties, and New Connections, Inez S. Wollins |
Learning Through Art, Beth B. Schneider |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Docents share techniques they find successful, Maris A. Grannell |
A Garden Classroom: The Tree of Education, John Marshall Harris |
From Haiti to Lousiana: A Cultural Legacy, Judy Godfrey and Nancy Reynolds |
Tough Topics Spring 1993, Vol. 2, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Tackling Tough Topics, Alan Gartenhaus |
Staying Cool with Hot Issues: Engaging Young People in Tough Conversations, Marianna Adams and Cynthia Lee Moreno |
From Document to Drama: Interpreting Slavery at Tryon Palace, Hilarie M. Hicks |
Interpreting a Time of Slavery, Sheryl Kingery |
Teaching Evolution, Rebecca L. Smith |
For Your Consideration |
Giving Girls an Even Break, Jackie Littleton |
It Works for Me…Docents share techniques they find successful., Jeanne Bates |
The Naked Truth: Or How to Respond to the Tell-Tale Giggle, Marla Shoemaker |
Difficult Subjects at the Zoo, Terry O’Conner |
Special Audiences Summer 1993, Vol. 2, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Attending to Special Audiences, Alan Gartenhaus |
Reaching All of Your Audiences, Carol Wisker |
Speaking with an E.S.L. Class, Louanna Emery |
Students Prepared by DBAE, Nancy Berry |
For Your Consideration |
Spricht Hier Jemand English?*: Providing for Foreign Visitors, Jackie Littleton |
Interpreting with Deaf Audiences, Amanda Park |
It Works for Me…Docents share techniques they find successful., Anne Berry |
Touring Nursing Home Residents, Raymond M. Leinbach & Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Skeptical Visitors in the Art Museum, Ellen J. Henry |
Teaching with Themes Autumn 1993, Vol. 3, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Themes are Substance not Style, Alan Gartenhaus |
Audience-Based Thematic Art Tours, Lynn Beck & Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Using Quotations as a Theme: Breathing Life into Tours, Jamie Credle |
The Hidden Theme: Viewing Art through Western Eyes, Danielle Rice |
Architecture as Artifact, Meggett Lavin |
Cultural Education, Kathryn Mettelka |
For Your Consideration |
Typical Science and Technology Topics |
A Tie that Binds: The Thematic Tour, Daniel Arcand |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas. |
School Curriculum + Museum Reality = Powerful Programs, Jackie Littleton |
“Little Ones” Winter 1993, Vol. 3, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Imagining: A Pathway to Learning, Alan Gartenhaus |
Peek and Do! Making Museum Visits Meaningful for the Youngest, Cleta Booth |
Bowdoin’s Museums Host Lots of Little Ones: In the Art Museum, William Logan, Mildred Jones, Judy Higbea & Helen S. Dubé |
Botany on a Lower Level, Deborah Keane & Alisa Leung |
Right from the Start, Sr. Eileen Rice, O.P. |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Marilyn J. Young |
Handling the Past, Cynthia Bedell |
Let Them Make a Mess!: Science, Young Children, and the Museum Environment, Laura Lundy-Paine |
Learning to Learn: Early Childhood Experiences with Process Skills, Jackie Littleton |
Docent Programming Spring 1994, Vol. 3, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
“Professionalizing” Docents, Alan Gartenhaus |
Approaches to Docent Recruitment and Selection, Inez S. Wolins |
Customer Training for Volunteers, Marcia Hale |
An International Overview of Art Docents, Margaret Love |
For Your Consideration |
Docent Training: Do We Practice What We Preach?, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful Techniques and ideas., JoAnne Ramponi |
Volunteer Program Mechanics, Jean Linsner |
Oh No! Not Another Test! Peer Observation to Improve Performance, Jackie Littleton |
Blockbusters, Special Exhibitions, Large Crowds Summer 1994, Vol. 3, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
“Special” Exhibitions: The Same, but Different, Alan Gartenhaus |
Mastering Blockbusters, Ann M. Moore |
Questions? Questions! A Structure for Teaching, Laura Wendling |
Taming the Maddening Crowds, Mark Howell |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Sylvia Khan |
Elusive University Audiences, Tamara Moats |
Videos Boost Blockbusters, Barbara Nichols & Katina Simmons |
The Olympic Spirit, Susan S. Perry |
“To See or Not to See–That is the Question!”: Blockbusters Present Special Problems for Teachers, Jackie Littleton |
Back to Schools: Programs for Students and their Teachers Autumn 1994, Vol. 4, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Know Who You’re Working With, Alan Gartenhaus |
Constructing School Programs, Susan Miner |
Teaching Elementary Students, Alan Gartenhaus |
Staying A Step Ahead, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
New School Year’s Resolutions, Marla K. Shoemaker |
Interpreting Portraits: The Attributes Game, Ray Williams |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Jody Bates |
The “Now & Then” Approach: Teaching History to Younger Students, Leisa M. Brown |
High School Docents, Julia Brashares & Kristi Farnham |
Let’s Talk! Communicating with Teachers, Jackie Littleton |
The Role of Art in Education, Margaret Love |
Multiculturalism: Diversity in our Audiences and Collections Winter 1994/95, Vol. 4, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
“Truths” that are Self-Evident, Alan Gartenhaus |
Building Bridges, Jean Linsner |
Survival in the Chalbi Desert: Multicultural Perspectives at the Zoo, Marta Gore |
The Community as Teacher: A View from Within, Bruce Iwamoto |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Mary Doiron |
Oyate Tawicho’an (The Ways of the People), Claudia J. Nicholson |
The Birth of American English, Kenneth D. Hartsoe |
Helping Children See Through Bias: You, Me…and THEM!, Jackie Littleton |
Visual Literacy: Reading, Interpreting, and Constructing Meaning Spring 1995, Vol. 4, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
You Think “Tomato” and I Think “Potato”: Subjectivity and Interpretation, Alan Gartenhaus |
Touchstones to the Past, Sherill E. Hatch & Hilarie M. Hicks |
An Object Lesson, Susan Miner |
The “A, B, C’s” of Reading Objects, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Intended versus Discerned Meaning, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Giving Objects Their Voice, Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd |
Object Literacy, Sally Leahy |
Not You Again! Finding a New Vantage Point, Ann M. Meehan |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Betsey Starinchak |
Teaching Adults and Families Summer 1995, Vol. 4, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Active Learning and Adults, Alan Gartenhaus |
The “Ask Me” Program, Hilary Inwood |
Those Annoying Audiences, Christine Cave |
Notes on Gallery Teaching, Lynn Pearson Russell |
For Your Consideration |
Teaching Adult Students: Curriculum-Structured Tours for College Students, Katey Brown |
Teaching Adult Students: Adult Students Take a “Hands-On” Approach, Karen Janovy |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Helen S. Dubé & Paula Chaiken |
Family Matters: Touring the Family Audience, Christie Davis |
Family Touring Tips, Amy L. Jared |
The Two Faces of Eve, or…How I Learned to Love Teaching Teachers, Jackie Littleton |
Tour Components: Introductions, Transitions, and Conclusions Autumn 1995, Vol. 5, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Crafting a Tour, Alan Gartenhaus |
Off to a Great Start, Susan Miner |
Hey, What’s the Big Idea? Creating a Lesson Plan, Alan Gartenhaus |
Transitions…The Workhorse of a Tour, Kathy French |
For Your Consideration |
Using Transitions to Teach Touring, Anna Johnson |
A Hop, Skip, and Jump Away from a Great Tour: Transition Techniques for Little Ones, Jackie Littleton |
Integrating the Arts: From Conclusion to Classroom, Gayle M. Southworth |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Lynn Pearson Russell |
Research and Trends in Education Winter 1995/96, Vol. 5, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Motivating the Desire to Learn, Alan Gartenhaus |
Art Teachers in Museums, Ellen J. Henry |
Docents in the 21st Century, Lorriane Beitler |
Art that Offends! Does it Belong in our Museums?, Teresia Bush |
For Your Consideration |
It works for me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Dennis D. Slotnick |
Museums and Schools: Developing Intelligences Together, Cleta Booth |
Virtual Un-reality…A Cautionary Talk, Jackie Littleton |
Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Spring 1996, Vol. 5, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Refining Your Communication Skills, Alan Gartenhaus |
Communicating at Age Level, Margaret Love |
Just a Litte Respect, Claudia J. Nicholson |
Listening Means More than Hearing Clearly, Janice Majewski |
For Your Consideration |
It works for me…Sharing successful techniques and ideas., Lee Pelham Cotton |
Teaching Tough Groups, Christine Cave |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Museum…Using Humor to Communicate, Jackie Littleton |
Terrible…Tumultuous…Terrific…Teenagers! Summer 1996, Vol. 5, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Warming the Cool Teenager, Alan Gartenhaus |
A Method to the Madness: What Teens Need and Want from Us, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Teaching Teens with a Dual Curriculum, Heather Lineberry & Anna Johnson |
Teenagers “Living” at the Museums…Almost, Marie-José des Rivieres |
For Your Consideration |
It works for me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Creighton E. Johnson |
A Junior Docent Program, Madeleine Correa Zeigler |
Kids Touring Kids, Susan Donovan |
Helping Adolescents Build Self-Confidence, Jackie Littleton |
I Remember When This Was a tree… Helping Teens Create Personal Meaning in the Museum, Ellen Powley |
Outreach Autumn 1996, Vol. 6, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Taking Education on the Road, Alan Gartenhaus |
Designing an Outreach Program, Trish Pfeifer and Ellen Henry |
Lending the Past: Sharing “Hands-On” Collections in Alaska, Rosemary Carlton |
Outreach for Audiences with Special Needs, Kim Milliken and Isabel Rosenbaum |
For Your Consideration |
Reaching Out to Head Start Families: Building Bridges of Trust, Tamsin Wolff |
Bringing History to the People, Betty Moore, Mary Flitcroft & Dena Greenstein |
When History Comes to Life in the Classroom, Deborah O’Donnell, Judith Flint, Arleen Bailey, and Melinda Morath |
Playing by Someone Else’s Rules, Jackie Littleton |
It works for me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Caroline C. Brown |
Creativity and Innovative Ideas Winter 1996-97, Vol. 6, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Expanding the Ability to Think Creatively, Alan Gartenhaus |
Winging It at the Museum, Kathleen Sullivan |
The Bard on Interpretation, Mark Howell |
History “Alive in the Present,” James Burghardt |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Lori Prystowsky |
Creativity and Innovation at Work: Tours for People with Disabilities, Cate O’Hara |
“Is Miss Foster Receiving?,” Rebecca Hoskins |
They’re Made for Each Other! Math and the Museum, Rebecca Hoskins |
More Tough Topics Spring 1997, Vol. 6, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
When Visitors Get It Wrong, Alan Gartenhaus |
10 Red Flags for Historic House Museums, Jamie Credle |
Crossing Cultural Boundaries, Caroline Hagan |
Teaching in the Curatorial Wake, Claudia J. Nicholson |
For Your Consideration |
Teenagers!!! One Tough Audience, Jean Linsner |
The More the Merrier?, Ellen Henry & Trish Pfeifer |
Easing the Anxiety, Deena M. Pinales |
It’s a Jungle Out There! Tactful Tips for Taming Troublesome Teachers, Jackie Littleton |
Evaluation!!! Summer 1997, Vol. 6, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Why, How, and When to Evaluate, Alan Gartenhaus |
Putting Evaluation First, Jackie Littleton |
Evaluating…The Key to Excellent Programs, Gali Potter & Phyllis Greenberg |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas. |
Portfolios Offer aBetter Perspective, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Confessions of an Evaluator, Jane Anne Young |
Team Evaluations: Even Your Best Friend WILL Tell You, Jackie Littleton |
Games & Activities That Teach Autumn 1997, Vol. 7, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Highly Productive Fun, Alan Gartenhaus |
“Desert Detective,” Ruth Coperman & Nancy Cutler |
Kinesthetic Learning, Nancy Renick & Martin Rollings |
Where Do I Go from Here?: Orienteering at the Museum, Meg Garrett |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas. |
Building Upon the Gallery Experience, Cynthia W. Connor |
The Docent Challenge, Jean Linsner |
“Do-it! Do-its!” Dress ups, and Others…Hand-On Fun at the Aquarium, Chris L. Okamoto |
The Way to a Visitor’s Heart: Using Food to Motivate, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Connecting Words and Art, Sheila James |
Honing Your Teaching Skills Winter 1997-98, Vol. 7, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
The Way You Do The Things You Do, Alan Gartenhaus |
Participatory Teaching: Guiding the Discovery Process, Alan Gartenhaus |
Flexibility Demands a Written Plan, Jackie Littleton |
Knowing What’s Expected: Position Descriptions & Volunteer Agreements for Docents, Roca L. Harding & Lois S. Raphling |
For Your Consideration |
When Activities Teach, What is the Docent’s Role?, Tim Grove |
Teaching with Wordplay, Marla Shoemaker |
Listen to Learn, Talk to Teach? NOT!!!, Jackie Littleton |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Susan Miner |
Interpretation Spring 1998, Vol. 7, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
“What’s it to You?,” Alan Gartenhaus |
Constructing Meaning in Museums, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Re-Interpreting the Whole-House School Tour, Terry Zeller |
The “Why” Question: Meeting the Challenge, Mary Elizabeth Cray |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Janson L. Cox |
Lessons from the Homefront: Interpreting World War II, Kristin M. Szylvian |
Building Blocks of History, Patti Linn |
Preventing Burn-Out: Incentives and Benefits Summer 1998, Vol. 7, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Giving Thanks, Alan Gartenhaus |
Study Trips as Educational Incentives, Susan Miner |
Killing with Kindness: Do Rewards Defeat Their Purpose?, Jackie Littleton |
Continuing Education is the Key, Ruth Coperman |
Why We Stay. Why We Leave., Bud Johnson |
Recruiting and Retaining Docents, Kim Erway Birck |
Awards that Reward and Build Community, Ruth A. Slavin |
Planning Educational Outings for Docents: Get Out of Town, Jackie Littleton |
Not Getting Burned, Alan Gartenhaus |
Facing Change, Linda Osmundson |
Highlights Autumn 1998, Vol. 8, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Learning from Others, Alan Gartenhaus |
The American Museum in Britain, Christina Parker |
Smithsonian Topical Research Institute, Georgia de Alba |
Museum of Contemporary History of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helena von Wersebe |
The Chicago Architecture Foundation, Barbara Hrbek |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts and ideas., Lillian Kaluza |
Storm King Art Center, Wayne Lempka |
A Museum in the Making, Jackie Littleton |
Hands-On! Winter 1998-99, Vol. 8, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Involving the Senses Makes Sense, Alan Gartenhaus |
A Hands-Down Winner in Hands-On Education, Teresa Bullock |
Investigation Stations Bring the Desert Closer, Nancy Cutler |
Storytelling: A Hands-On-the-Mind Teaching Technique, Bev Twillmann |
Reach Out and Teach, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
For Your Consideration |
Body Language Spoken Here, Carol Thurston |
More than Busy Work, Jackie Littleton |
Art is a Moving Experience, Shelly Kruger Weisberg and Ann Dearsley-Vernon |
Building Relationships with Schools Spring 1999, Vol. 8, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Doing Schools Right!, Alan Gartenhaus |
For Your Consideration |
A Picture Perfect Partnership, Susan Plumb |
Developing School Programs, Nina Carlson |
Packing Trunks with Learning, Elizabeth J. Mouw |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Judi Waterfield and Gloria Grucher |
Avenues for the Imagination, Jill Olthouse |
The Way to a Teacher’s Heart…is Through Her Kids, Jackie Littleton |
Be Our Guest, Elizabeth J. Nosek |
Technology and Teaching Summer 1999, Vol. 8, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
For Better Or Worse…, Alan Gartenhaus |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Sylvia Khan |
Taking Distance Out of Learning, Susan Longhenry |
For Your Consideration |
Docents Online…Computers, schools, and Museum Docents, David Stark |
Technology in Art Museums, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
We Still Need the Teacher, Jackie Littleton |
Terminologies and Technologies Autumn 1999, Vol. 9, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Pedagogical Techniques for Being a More Effective Teacher, Alan Gartenhaus |
Systematic Instruction, Alan Gartenhaus |
Tricks of the Trade: Classroom Discipline Techniques that Work!, Jackie Littleton |
A Museum-School Partnership: A Venture Into “Community Service,” Shirley Rosenkranz & June Thurber |
Culture: A Theme that Bridges Differences, Mary Elizabeth Crary |
It Works for Me…, Geri Smith |
Interpreting the Historic House Museum, Jamie Credle |
“Hands-On, Hands-Off”: Techniques to Promote Controlled Involvement, Margaret Hast & Leisa Brown |
Improving Your Public Speaking Skills: Screaming and Whispering, Laura Silver |
Questioning Strategies Winter 1999-2000, Vol. 9, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Asking Questions, Alan Gartenhaus |
Questions that Go Beyond the Facts, Jackie Littleton |
A Framework for Organizing Theme-Based, Inquiry Tours, Robyn Murgio |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Bud Johnson |
Helping Visitors Ask Better Questions, Michael Nelson |
A Guided Research Program Asks the Right Questions, Kristin Gallas |
From How to Wow…Putting the Questions Mark in Central Park, Laura Silver |
Involving Your Audience, Linda Osmundson |
Volunteers, Volunteering, Voluntary Spring 2000, Vol. 9, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Voluntary Professionals, Alan Gartenhaus |
Will There Be Enough Volunteers?, Jackie Littleton |
An Approach to Motivate Volunteers, Catherine Charlebois |
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Alan Gartenhaus |
Disbanding the Docent Council, Carol Eames |
The Ultimate Volunteer Responsibility–Developing Tour Programs, Barbara Hrbek |
Reflections of a Volunteer Science Educator, Bette Weiss |
3 Docents, 70 Years of Volunteer Experience, Pat Brown, Jennet Bernert & Betsy Browne |
For Your Consideration |
Demonstrations and Presentations Summer 2000, Vol. 9, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Talking the Talk, Alan Gartenhaus |
For Your Consideration |
Live! At The Arsenel!: Adding Flare to Guided Tours, Rachel Yahn |
Storytelling Ignites Experience, Bev Twillmann |
Thinking Outside the Box, Roca L. Harding |
Finding and Using “Clear Proofs of Ability,” Jackie Littleton |
Weaving Artifacts into Stories, Sandy Osborne |
Docents Design Investigation Stations, Nancy Cutler |
It Works for Me…, Louise Waller |
Targeting Programs: Teaching to Specific Audiences Autumn 2000, Vol. 10, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
When Targeting Programs, Take Aim!, Alan Gartenhaus |
Creative Solutions to “Standards of Learning,” Anna Gibson Holloway & Betsy Browne |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Kit Kowalke |
Hiding the Bull’s Eye: Adult Touring Strategies, Michael J. Nelson |
A Neighborhood Partnership: Art Around the Corner, Susan Witmer |
Helping Bilingual Students Access Your Collection: Linguistically Diverse Audiences, Jackie Littleton |
Targeting One’s Fellow Docents, Susan S. Perry |
Making a 4,050-Ton Ship “Child-Friendly,” Kristin L. Gallas |
Concluding Tours and Following Up Winter 2000-01, Vol. 10, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
All’s Well That Ends Well, Alan Gartenhaus |
Writing Through the Arts, Tamara Greeman |
For Your Consideration |
A Participant Shares Her Experiences in a Follow-Up Program: “Artstars” Bring Young Visitors Back, Miya Elizabeth Bernson |
Tour Evaluations–Taking a Collaborative Approach to Following Up, Roca Harding, Marlyse Kennedy & Lois Raphling |
An Annotated Bibliography |
“Thank You” Can be More Than Good Manners, Jackie Littleton |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Paul E. Lane |
Touring Walk-ins and the General Public Spring 2001, Vol. 10, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Touring the Public—“Come One, Come All,” Alan Gartenhaus |
Teaching with “Style”: The Impact of Learning Styles, Sister Eileen Rice |
For Your Consideration |
Creating a Custom Fit: Docents Tailor-Made for a Walk-in Audience, Barbara Hrbek |
Revamping, Researching, and Reciting Focus Tours, Alyson B. Stansfield |
It Works for Me…Sharing successful techniques, thoughts, and ideas., Mary Peterson |
Don’t Depend on the Kindness of Strangers, Jackie Littleton |
Entertainment and Education Summer 2001, Vol. 10, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Food for Thoughts, Alan Gartenhaus |
Make it Entertaining and Educational: Walking through Outdoor Installations, Dr. Miriam Johnson |
Consider a Successful Model: Learning from the “Roadshow,” Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas, Cameron Taylor-Brown |
Where Should We Draw the Line?: Let Us Entertain You?, Betsy Gough-DiJulio |
Tools in My Education Arsenal, Mary Peterson |
Make It Good and Good For You!: Creating Games and Activities that Teach, Jackie Littleton |
Effective Training for Docents Autumn 2001, Vol. 11, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Achieving Balance, Alan Gartenhaus |
Making Connections and Mastering Collections, Michael J. Nelson |
It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas, Shin Yu Pai |
Drawing Upon a Useful Model: Lessons Learned from Training Classroom Teachers, Patricia Moore Schaffer |
Acronyms for Effective Training, Bud Johnson |
Developing an Interpretive Approach in an Historic House Museum, Andrea H. Fossum |
Creating an Inexpensive and Useful Docent Manual, Jackie Littleton |
Planting Curiosity and Harvesting Interest: Capitalizing on Curiosity, Nancy Cutler |
Engaging the Senses |
Coming to Our Senses, Alan Gartenhaus |
Imagery Awakens the Senses, Bev Twillman |
For Your Consideration |
Using the Five Senses to Enliven Tours: Sensing the Desert, Nancy Cutler |
Art, Questions, and the Five Senses, V. Gwen Weisner |
Get Into Your Work!: A Process-Oriented approach to Engaging the Senses, Shin Yu Pai |
Making Sensory Tours Safe, Jackie Littleton |
Working with Students in Grades 6 through 9 Spring 2002, Vol. 11, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Familiar Strangers, Alan Gartenhaus |
Getting Pre-teens and Teenagers Interested and Involved!: Considering Diverse Learning Styles, Katherine M. Bunker |
It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas, Karen Janovy |
Collaborative Programs that Personalize Learning, Susan Bass Marcus |
Hands-On History for Teens, Penny Gomez |
Making It Real; Making It Relevant, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Transforming Lives Through Art, Don Bacigalupi, Ph.D. |
“Object-Based” Activities Summer 2002, Vol. 11, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Teaching That’s More Engaging, Open, and Fun, Alan Gartenhaus |
Creative Writing Activities and Museum Visitors, Shin Yu Pai |
For Your Consideration |
It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas, Steven Wolk |
Time to Change an Object-Based Tour…Now What?, Jennifer Masengarb |
A New Life for Old Objects, Kristin Gallas |
Taking Aim at a Moving Target, Jackie Littleton |
Reinforcing Object-Based Learning, Karen Janovy |
Evaluating Object-Based Activities |
Inquiry and Participation Autumn 2002, Vol. 12, No. 1 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Active Learning, Thinking Skills, and Audience Participation, Alan Gartenhaus |
What Was That Question?, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Skillful Inquiry Invites Participation, Dr. Ruth Gordon Thomas |
It Works for Me… Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas, Sandy Osbourne |
Education Versus Training, Lara Roy |
Get Into It! Energizing Your Tours!, Jennifer Blacke |
Imagine That! Participation and Imagination, Jackie Littleton |
Open Forum: Various Topics of Interest to Educators Winter 2002-03, Vol. 12, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Communication Skills are Key, Alan Gartenhaus |
The Challenge of Touring Home School Groups, Susan Miner |
Don’t Let “Mission” Blinders Turn Your Path into a Rut, Jackie Littleton |
How to Peacefully Co-exist with Interpretive Technology: Audio Guides: Must They be a Menace?, J. Marshall Adams |
Rubrics: An Evaluation, Katherine Darr |
The Docent and the Wheelchair, V. Gwen Weisner |
Programming for Seniors and the Elderly Spring 2003, Vol. 12, No. 3 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Different, Yet the Same, Alan Gartenhaus |
Lifelong Learning, Jackie Littleton |
For Your Consideration |
Emphasizing the Noun, Not the Adjective: Touring with Older Adults, Betsy Gough-DiJulio and Raymond M. Leinbach |
Mining the Memories, Jackie Littleton |
Museum to Memory: An Outreach Program for Older Citizens of Western Michigan, Doris Larson |
Knowing When to Go, Jackie Littleton |
Teaching Challenges and Solutions Summer 2003, Vol. 12, No. 4 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Presenting the Challenge of Expansive Teaching, Alan Gartenhaus |
Experience is a Powerful Teacher, Alan Gartenhaus |
The Challenges of Creating and Running a Large, Outdoor Educational Program, Sandy Osborne |
Using Case Studies to Meet Challenges in Museums, Galleries, and other Sites, M. Christine Castle |
It Works for Me…Sharing Successful Techniques and Ideas., Helga Keller |
Keeping It Fresh, Jackie Littleton |
Fostering Exploration and Appreciation Autumn 2003, Vol. 13, No. 1 (download entire issue) |
“Liking” versus “Appreciating”–An Important Distinction, Alan Gartenhaus |
Eight Ways to DISCOURAGE Exploration and Appreciation |
Eight Ways to ENCOURAGE Exploration and Appreciation |
Cathedral Adventures: A Study in Developing A Multi-Visit Program, Mary Carolyn Voght |
Storytelling: Invoking the Muse, Liz Warren, Kathy Eastman, and Sandy Oglesby |
Getting Down to Basics, Jackie Littleton |
Planning, Executing, and Concluding Winter 2003-04, Vol. 13, No. 2 (download pdf of entire issue) |
Ready, Set,…Plan!, Alan Gartenhaus |
A Model for Planning and Implementing, Betsy DiJulio |
A BIG Change Requires A BIG Plan, Nancy Cutler |
A Museum and Adult School Join Strengths, Nancy Calzaretta Watt, Mark Manocchio, and Robert Brasier |
For Your Consideration |
A Good Beginning…Leads to a Good Conclusion, Jackie Littleton |