Latest Book Now Available

• G. E. Hein,
  Progressive Museum Practice : John Dewey and Democracy
  is now available from Left Coast Press (Walnut Creek, CA)
  
  Preeminent museum education theorist George E. Hein explores the work, philosophy, and impact of educational reformer John Dewey and his importance for museums. Hein traces current practice in museum education to Dewey's early 20th-century ideas about education, democracy, and progress toward improving society, and in so doing provides a rare history of museum education as a profession. Giving special attention to the progressive individuals and institutions who followed Dewey in developing the foundations for the experiential learning that is considered best practice today, Hein demonstrates a parallel between contemporary theories about education and socio-political progress and, specifically, the significance of museums for sustaining and advancing a democratic society.
  
  Here's what museum educators are saying:
  
  "Through the examples of far-sighted people like John Dewey, Charles Willson Peale, Anna Billings Gallup and others, Professor Hein shows us how a combination of progressive pedagogical practice and progressive political views can significantly support museums in their role of encouraging democracy and inclusiveness."
  
  - Des Griffin, Gerard Krefft Fellow and former Director,
  The Australian Museum, Sydney
  
  "Drawing from a wide range of references from across the world he explores how museums have attempted to be 'in the service of democracy' and 'provide education that leads to better informed, critical citizens for a more egalitarian society.'"
  
  — Jette Sandahl, Director, Museum of Copenhagen
  
  "Hein pushes us beyond the pedagogy of progressive education to acknowledge its moral core—Dewey's commitment to social justice and democracy. Along the way he upends some misconceptions about how novel current thinking actually is."
  
  — Leslie Bedford, Ph.D, Leadership in Museum Education Program, Bank Street College of Education
  
  "Infused with Hein's trademark warmth and fair-mindedness, this book will spark rich discussion about John Dewey and our progressive museum education heritage, and is sure to be welcomed across the field."
  
  — Rika Burnham, Head of Education, The Frick Collection
  

More Books and Monographs

Learning in the Museum is now available in Japanese at amazon.co.jp
G. E. Hein and Mary Alexander, Museums: Places of Learning, Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1998.
G. E. Hein, Learning in the Museum London: Routldge, 1998.
G. E. Hein and Sabra Price, Active Assessment for Active Science Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994. Click here for PDF version (file size: 5.3MB)
G. E. Hein, editor, The Assessment of Hands-on Elementary Science Programs Monograph, Grand Forks, ND: North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation, 1990. Click here for PDF version (file size: 24.5MB)
G. E. Hein, Open Education, an Overview, a collection of three articles, Newton, MA: Education Development Center, 13 pages, 1975.
G. E. Hein, Open Education Perspective on Evaluation, monograph, Grand Forks, ND : North Dakota University Press, 1975. Click here for PDF version (file size: 9MB)
George E Hein, An interview with Pat Hourihan, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 29 pages, 1971.
George E Hein, An interview with Dorothy Welch, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 31 pages, 1969.
George E Hein, An interview with Bruce Whitmore, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 26 pages, 1969.