Museum Education for K – 12 Audiences (ED-0281)

Spring 2025 · ED 0281 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Museums offer school groups unique experiences that enhance classroom learning and instill the skills of life-long learning. This course explores ways in which museums create on and off-site programs for the K -12 community of pupils, teachers and parents, as well as home-schooled students, scouts, and other learning communities. Students will examine Common Core Standards and other frameworks and will develop outcome-based curricula that make use of museum resources. Partnerships with teachers and schools and professional development programs for teachers will also be addressed. Guest speakers and field trips connect classroom experience to current issues and practices in the field. Prerequisites:ED/FAH/HIST0285 and ED0280.

Course codes: ED-0281, ED 0281, ED0281, ED-281, ED 281, ED281

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