APT 2002 Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia : Report

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Michael Riley, Cloud (detail) Michael Riley, Cloud (detail) Michael Riley, Cloud (detail) Michael Riley, Cloud (detail) Through APT 2002, the Gallery undertook strategic alliances with three key national institutions as follows: 1. QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (QUT) MUSEUMS COLLABORATIVE: Young Children’s Interactive and Informal Learning in Museums: A Collaborative and Training Program The QUT Museums Collaborative Research Team holds $250 000 project funded through the Australian Research Council (ARC), QUT and numerous Industry Partners including the Queensland Art Gallery is one. Its prime focus is the investigation of young children’s interactive and informal learning in museum-based settings. Further, the project team aims to collaboratively develop, foster and enrich young visitors’ museum experiences through research, training and staff development. The joint research project aims: • to use innovative procedures and technologies to examine and assess young children’s understanding of museum exhibits and environments, • To examine the impact of high quality repeated visits to museums on young children’s learning, • To identify the personal, social and contextual factors that affect young children’s informal and interactive museum-based learning, • To develop and implement new and innovative community and museum programs to sustain high quality outcomes for children’s museum-based learning, and • To explain the ways in which young children become enculturated into the world of museums, how and what they learn, and the values they (and their families and schools) ascribe to their museum-based experience For information on ‘QUT Museums Collaborative website 2000 - 2002 research on children's learning in museums’ project, see: 85