The professionalization of museum educators: The case in science museums

Museum Management and Curatorship

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-149

  Tran, Lynn Uyen ^a   King, Heather ^a  

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Author keywords

Knowledge; Museum education; Museum teaching; Professional knowledge; Professions; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447498589     PISSN: 09647775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647770701470328     Document Type: Note

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