Innovative Teaching and Learning

Innovative teaching and learning can take any number of forms, and in this Toolkit we share and discuss some contemporary methods and practices we are putting forth as best practices, worthy of adoption or adaptation.

But foremost, we assert that innovative teaching and learning must be education that is accessible and inclusive for all.

A note on the importance of visibility

In “Flies in the Buttermilk: Museums, Diversity, and the Will to Change” (Museum News, July/ August 2000), Lonnie G. Bunch III quoted from Excellence and Equity: Education and the Public Dimension of Museums (American Alliance of Museums, 1992):

“If museums are to be welcoming places for people of different racial, ethnic, social, economic, and educational backgrounds, and if they are to use their collections to present a variety of perspectives, they must recruit, hire or select, and foster the professional growth of trustees, staff, and volunteers who reflect diverse audiences and multiple perspectives.”