Museums and design education : looking to learn, learning to see

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This book looks at the interaction between Design students and museums, and explores issues, projects and emerging ideas about how museums can better support HE students. It illustrates the general lessons that can be learnt, both strategic and practical, which can help to bring about long-term and constructive relationships between museums and universities in order to enable effective student learning. Museums and higher education : a context for collaboration / Kate Arnold-Forster and Catherine Speight -- Museums and higher education : a new specialist service? / Catherine Speight -- Bridging perspectives -- approaches to learning in museums and universities / Beth Cook and Catherine Speight -- Creative differences : deconstructing the conceptual learning spaces of higher education and museums / Jos Boys -- Learning paths : museum-based learning materials for design students / Rebecca Reynolds -- Student use of a university museum / Rhianedd Smith -- The design student experience in the museum / Beth Cook -- Design learning in an Australian museum : a partnership project between the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Technology, Sydney / Georffrey Caban and Carol Scott -- Museums and material knowledge : the V & A as source in fashion and textile design research / Torunn KjГёlberg -- A conversation across disciplines / Rebecca Reynolds -- How can technology support design students' learning in museums? / Rebecca Reynolds -- 'See what I'm saying' : a case study in visual research, digital media and language / Patrick Letschka and Jill Seddon -- The virtual museum / Mark Carnall and Beth Cook -- Learning in Second Life / Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria and Lars Wieneke -- Afterword / Anne Boddington, Beth Cook, Rebecca Reynolds and Catherine Speight