I would like to know about "developing museum youth
activithsheets(worksheets or family guide)that educate about art. "It
mayabout the function, criticism, form, guildeline and the
history.Beside, I already found some articles from The Art
Education,TheEducational Role of the Museum,and Museum Journal, but
can't findanymore books, net, and papers about it! Could you give me
somedirection? Thank you!

Hi,

The best resources for youth activity sheets for a museum are the same
resources that are used for art classes in schools. I know most
schools don't do a good job of using these resources, but they are
available. If you do a search from that perspective you'll find tons
of information. I'll cover some of the mega sites her, but you'll
probably want to explore more on your own when you're done with these.


The Support for Teachers in Art
(STArt)http://www.open.k12.or.us/start/results.html?-action=search&strand=Create,+Present,+and+Perform
This Web site is loaded with resources. The whole site is great, and
the search for related web sites leads you to 25 other sites with lots
of hands on activities.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts | Walker Art Center 
http://artsconnected.org/
is another site with good hands on materials. There are email links to
regional trainers who are available as resources.

The National Directory of Teacher Programs and Resources in Art
Museums
http://www.nga.gov/education/tpmain.htm
also has plenty of good resources for museums, parents and classroom -
not to mention kids!

An Austrailian site Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
has some interesting worksheets if you're interested in cross cultural
activities.
http://www.nt.gov.au/cdsca/dam/magnt_edu_down.htm

More theorectical information is also available.

Arts's Edge at the Kennedy Center 
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/professional_resources/overviews/bookshelf.html
provides a list of books that address the issue of "philosophies,
practices, and theories about arts education."
One book listed is:
"True Needs True Partner
Ellen Cochran Hirzy, editor
Washington, DC: Institute of Museum Services, 1996
This publication showcases how educational programs for K-12 students
at museums have been valuable resources, and how to form effective
partnerships between schools and museums."

Art History Education 
An AskERIC InfoGuide
http://www.askeric.org/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/alpha_list/Art-History-Education-5.97.html
The top of this page is a listing of email lists that are geared to
art education. Then comes web sites. The last part is a list of books
that address the need for hands on art education. Several of these
should be relevant if you're looking for theory to back up your use of
worksheets in a museum program.

Search terms used: 
practice: art appreciation education worksheets teachers resources
theory:incorporating art education museum services research

As I said, there is so much out there, these are good overall
resources. You can stop with these or let them lead you to hours of
surfing and discovery.

Have fun,
bcguide-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by amiright-ga on 31 Oct 2002 07:12 PST

Dear sir,
Thank you for your resources! But, it’s not exact what I am looking
for. I think it was my fault, I don’t write it clear. The most
information I wanted is “Visitor surveys about the worksheets used in
Art museum.” Another word, it’s about visitor behavior in using
worksheets in Art museum.

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Clarification of Answer by bcguide-ga on 01 Nov 2002 16:21 PST

Hi amiright-ga,

In your original question you requested information about developing
worksheets that educate about art.

The response I gave was an answer to that question. 

What you have submitted is a different question, not a clarification
of the original post.

The research on developing worksheets for use in museums in very
different from the research required to find surveys about the
behavior of museum visitors.

If you go to a restaurant and order fish, you can ask for salt or to
have it cooked more or to have sauce, it's still the same dish.

If you order fish and then ask for chicken it's no longer a change to
the fish or a clarification of your order - it's a different meal.

A clarification of this answer would be to ask for more detailed
worksheets or to clear up some point in the original post. To say that
you really meant to ask another question is really - asking a new
question - not clarifying.

I understand that working in a foreign language is difficult and will
try to answer the new question, but for future reference... in order
to optimize use of this service additional questions should be posted
separately.

I need to clarify what you are looking for now. 

When a new activity is put in place an evaluation is often done to
determine if the activity was successful. Are you looking for examples
of evaluations or are you looking for studies of the behavior of
visitors participating in worksheet activities? Can you give me an
example of the type of survey you have in mind?

Let's clear up the language and intent before hand this time :-)

bcguide