<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Researching or evaluating families in museums?</div><div><br></div><div>The October 2015 FAMILY issue of MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM) will highlight ongoing museum education research, evaluation and resources related to families, including family learning, family and community, family programs, family-strengthening interventions, family sense-making, family conversations, and so on.</div><div><br></div><div>Working in this area? I invite you to share your research with interested others around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>Listings by workers at all sites of informal learning (museums, galleries, science centres, parks, historic sites,etc.), consultants, faculty, and students at all levels of study are welcomed.</div><div><br></div><div>AND in this the last year of operation for the MEM, access is FREE to December 31, 2015, including the e-newsletter and access to the MEM Archives. Sign up now at <a href="http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx">http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx</a> </div><div><br></div><div>To share your ongoing research and evaluation, just send an e-mail to me at <a href="mailto:chris@mccastle.com">chris@mccastle.com</a> that includes:</div><div>- name of project</div><div>- research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]</div><div>- how the data will be presented</div><div>- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)</div><div>- site(s) where research is being conducted</div><div>- time span</div><div>- contact information</div><div>- key words/labels to describe the project [No more than 4 or 5, please.Check out the MEM Blog for common key words <a href="http://forum.mccastle.com/">http://forum.mccastle.com/</a> ].</div><div>- photo/image associated with you or the project</div><div><br></div><div>All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the October MEM is Friday October 23.</div><div><br></div><div>Just want the highlights plus a little conversation? Join over 2300 of your colleagues on the MEM Facebook Page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Museum.Education.Monitor">http://www.facebook.com/Museum.Education.Monitor</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Or catch the best of the best #museumed tweets on Twitter @mchriscastle</div><div><br></div><div>Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your work.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div>M. Chris Castle</div><div>Editor, Museum Education Monitor</div><div><a href="mailto:chris@mccastle.com">chris@mccastle.com</a> </div><div><br></div><div>[Apologies for cross-posting!]</div></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>