This book is a compilation of case studies and analyses that can be used as a resource guide for college and university professors of foreign language and academic museum educators collaborating to develop new pedagogical approaches to teaching foreign language with and through objects in the academic museum. As institutions of higher education respond to the needs of an increasingly global and interconnected world, their educational missions prioritize learning in areas such as interdisciplinary thinking, collaboration, intercultural competency, and global citizenship. Academic museums are uniquely poised to facilitate learning experiences in these areas, providing institutions with an essential platform for realizing their larger mission.
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| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Student Benefits of Museum Visits as Part of the Foreign-Language Curriculum |
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Chapter 2 Curating the Curriculum: Museums as Language Labs for Authentic Target-Language Conversations |
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Chapter 3 Benvenuti al Museo!: Italian Classes at the Princeton University Art Museum |
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Chapter 4 Old Things Considered: Museum Objects and the Study of Nineteenth-Century Italian Literature |
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Chapter 5 The Art of Languaging: Campus Museums as Language and Culture Classrooms |
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Chapter 6 The Audacious Aesthetic Practice of Foreign-Language Learning in the Art Museum |
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Chapter 7 Building New Audiences: Museum Visits for Beginning Language Learners |
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Chapter 8 Writing with Your Eyes: Multiliteracies and Community-Based Learning in an Art Museum |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| About the Editors and Contributors |
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Heather Flaherty, as Curator of Education at The Trout Gallery, the art museum of Dickinson College, directs educational programming for college and community audiences. Flaherty received her Ph.D. in the History of Art from The University of Michigan and her scholarship focuses on medieval manuscripts. Under her leadership, The Trout Gallery has won the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Associations Merit Award for connecting language and art and the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages James W. Dodge Award for Outstanding Foreign Language Advocacy.
Jodi Kovach is the Curator of Academic Programs at the Gund Gallery, Kenyon College. In this role, she partners with faculty across disciplines to integrate art into the curricula. She holds a PhD in Art History from Washington University in St. Louis. Her scholarship focuses on international modernism and global contemporary art, with a specialization in Mexican art, and has appeared in publications such as Art Journal.
