Comments on: Millennials in the museum: an educational dilemma http://museumblogging.com/2008/12/20/millennials-in-the-museum-an-educational-dilemma/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Art History Blog » Blog Archive » NPR’s ‘Museums in the 21st Century’ http://museumblogging.com/2008/12/20/millennials-in-the-museum-an-educational-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-444 The Art History Blog » Blog Archive » NPR’s ‘Museums in the 21st Century’ Wed, 27 May 2009 01:00:32 +0000 http://museumblogging.com/?p=66#comment-444 [...] gem. Listen at NPR’s ‘Museums in the 21st Century’ series webpage. Via Museum Blogging. Tags awesome, museums, podcasts (No Ratings Yet)  Loading [...] [...] gem. Listen at NPR’s ‘Museums in the 21st Century’ series webpage. Via Museum Blogging. Tags awesome, museums, podcasts (No Ratings Yet)  Loading [...]

]]> By: Iris http://museumblogging.com/2008/12/20/millennials-in-the-museum-an-educational-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Iris Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:45:41 +0000 http://museumblogging.com/?p=66#comment-293 As a "Millennial" high schooler, I find it very thoughtful and relaxing to know that there are still people like you, who still try to maintain the very idea of "education." It is exhausting to have to keep up with the standards of testing - it seems more and more that schoolwork has become more about how fast you can absorb information and be able to successfully use it on a "test" than to understand how it actually "works." It is very punishing to those who would love to take more time out to play with the very concepts of biology and chemistry outside of a textbook. I know I would. I actually feel like this entire post itself could introduce another point of education - that all fields tie together into a new way to analyze and apply knowledge. You can learn anything you want in another field and adapt it to a "totally unrelated" area, because all education is connected as a web. If all different types of people, not just Millennials, could understand the opportunities present before them and open their eyes, so many more things could be achieved. P.S. So glad you used the Mammal exhibit example! It is a very fine, funny, and good one. As a “Millennial” high schooler, I find it very thoughtful and relaxing to know that there are still people like you, who still try to maintain the very idea of “education.” It is exhausting to have to keep up with the standards of testing – it seems more and more that schoolwork has become more about how fast you can absorb information and be able to successfully use it on a “test” than to understand how it actually “works.” It is very punishing to those who would love to take more time out to play with the very concepts of biology and chemistry outside of a textbook. I know I would.

I actually feel like this entire post itself could introduce another point of education – that all fields tie together into a new way to analyze and apply knowledge. You can learn anything you want in another field and adapt it to a “totally unrelated” area, because all education is connected as a web. If all different types of people, not just Millennials, could understand the opportunities present before them and open their eyes, so many more things could be achieved.

P.S. So glad you used the Mammal exhibit example! It is a very fine, funny, and good one.

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