"Why Museum Educatiors?"
Keynote address, ICOM/CECA meeting
18 September 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

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March 15, 2010 • "An Introduction to Constructivist Learning Education Theory," keynote address, Internationalt formidlingsseminar 2010, Nyborg, Denmark .Video available http://vimeo.com/10259346

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“Uma teoria democràtica de educação em museu: Democracia e museus,” A paper prepared for the international conference, Diálogos em Educação, Museu e Arte, Porto Alegre, São Paulo and Recife, Brazil, October 2010. Translated into Portuguese by Gabriela Aidar and Milene Chiovatto.

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“La responsabilidad social de los museos” (in Spanish)
by G. E. Hein. This paper was presented at the International Museum Education Conference, “La aportación educativa de los museos a la Sociedad, Museo de Arte de Ponce”, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 13, 2009. (Translated into Spanish.)

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“O dilema da Educação Científica: como ensinar quando os Visitantes apenas querem aprender” (in Portuguese)
by G. E. Hein. This lecture was presented April 13, 2005, at the 4th International Science Center World Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and published in Marandino, M., Almeida, A. M. and Valente, M. E. A., editors Museu: lugar do público, Rio de Janeiro: Editora:Fiocruz (2009). (Translated by the editors.)

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“Múzeumpedagógia: Nézzünk elöre!” (in Hungarian)
by G. E. Hein, in Vásárhelyi, Tamás és Kárpáti, Andrea, (editors) 2009 A múzeumi tanulás kézikönyve, Budapest: Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum. (Hungarian) (Translated by the editors)

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“An Optimistic Time”
by G. E. Hein. This is an introductory chapter written in 2009 for Boston Stories: The Children's Museum as a Model for Nonprofit Leadership, a collaborative effort , led by former Boston Children's Museum director Michael Spock, that includes conventional text, photographs, and illustrations; as well as companion media and a fully searchable and downloadable digital archive. Publication is expected soon.

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“A Century of Museum Education” (in Mandarin Chinese)
by G. E. Hein, (2008) Taiwan Natural Science 27[2], 14-25.
This article is based on two lectures delivered in Taipei, Taiwan, January, 2008.

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“Museum Education”
by G. E. Hein. In S. MacDonald (editor), A Companion to Museum Studies, Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2006, Chapter 20.

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“Science Education 1965 and 2005: Myths and Differences”
by G. E. Hein, (2006) Professor Emeritus, Lesley University This condensed version of the talk, originally presented at Science Education for a Thriving Democracy symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of TERC, November 2005, was published in Hands On!, 29[1] 4-6,19, 2006.

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“Progressive education and museum education: Anna Billings Gallup and Louise Connolly”
by G. E. Hein, (2006), Professor Emeritus, Lesley University, J. Museum Education, 31[3] 161-174.

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“The Challenge of Constructivist Teaching”
by G. E. Hein, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University
Adapted from Passion and Pedagogy: Relation, Creation, and Transformation in Teaching, by E. Mirochnik and D. C. Sherman (2002). New York: Peter Lang, pp. 197-214.
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“Evaluating Teaching and Learning in Museums”
by George E. Hein, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University. Presented at the Leicester University Museum Studies Conference, April, 1993, and published as Chapter 17 (pp. 189-203) in E. Hooper-Greenhill, editor, (1995) Museum: Media: Message, London: Routledge.
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“The Challenge & Significance of Constructivism”
by G. E. Hein, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University
Keynote address delivered at the Hands-On! Europe Conference, London, November 15, 2001, and published in Proceedings, Hands On! Europe Conference, 2001, London: Discover, pp. 35-42.
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“High Stakes Tests Don't Belong in Science Museums: We Can Do Better Than That!” by G. E. Hein, Professor Emeritus, Lesley University
Presented at the panel, ‘Can Informal Science and Mathematics Learning Coexist with High-Stakes Testing?’at ASTC Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, October 10, 2001
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“Informal Science Supporting Education Reform: Theory and Practice/Beliefs and Actions” by G. E. Hein, Keynote lecture delivered at the Fifth Annual Northeast Informal Science Education Network (NISEN) Conference, Building Bridges 2001: Informal Science Supporting Education Reform, Worcester, MA September 24, 2001.
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“Is Meaning Making Constructivism? Is Constructivism Meaning Making?” by G. E. Hein, The Exhibitionist, 18 (2), 15-18, Fall 1999.
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“The Constructivist Museum” by G. E. Hein, Journal of Education in Museums, 16, 15-17 1995.

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“The Maze and the Web: Implications of Constructivist Theory for Visitor Studies” by G. E. Hein, Keynote address, Visitor Studies Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, July, 1997.
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“The Significance of Constructivism for Museum Education”
by G. E. Hein, in The Museum and the Needs of People, Haifa: Israel National ICOM Committee, 1992.
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