What does a Museum Magnet Student Look Like?
Ever wonder what a museum magnet student looks like? A museum magnet student is a lifelong learner. They use all of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences to gain information about what they are studying. Does your child love to read, write and tell stories? How about using science-related logic and problem solving? Maybe they like to design and create things, or listen to and respond to elements in music. Are they interested in using objects for learning and participating in physical activites? Does he or she thrive on cooperative work and have strong leadership skills or do they enjoy working alone? Or does the natural world appeal to your child, including understanding how nature interacts with civilization?
At Brooks we use all these multiple intelligences, along with Paideia strategies and museum explorations. Through our partnerships with local museums, we customize field trips to match our curriculum. A museum learner will not only visit museums, they will learn how to "see" in a museum - how to explore an artifact, analyze a painting for more than just it's artistic beauty, and how to demonstrate their own learning in the professional manner of a museum exhibit. Through our studies in Paideia, he or she will learn how to demonstrate what they have learned through a coached project or product which has an authentic audience to give it meaning outside of our school walls. Finally, through seminars students learn to express what they've learned and are able to compare and contrast, agree and disagree, communicate and verbalize what they are thinking.
These are all the characteristics of a student at Brooks Museums Magnet Elementary School!
Find a list of all 2009-2010 magnet recruitment events here.
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