So far, I have been looking primarily at the digital resources available from the museum and looking close at the approaches that museum takes through these resources. One resource in particular has been the online course Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for your Classroom (offered through Coursera). It not only gives me a direct experience of MoMA’s pedagogic approach/practice, but also provides me with numerous ways to consider utilizing such practices in my own pedagogical approach and how that may affect the way my students learn. I am planning after this course to look into another course about interactive strategies to engage with art.

I have also been particularly interested to see the lessons and slide show presentations that are offered by MoMA through their side-site, MoMA Learning. By looking carefully at how their lessons are designed, that right there is a direct indication of their pedagogic approach and makes for an interesting comparison to my own lessons. It serves as both inspiration for lesson ideas, but also makes me consider the approaches made by both myself and the museum.

I am planning on physically going to MoMA this weekend, and hopefully the next two weekends, to make direct physical observations and attend further exhibitions/events in person. I am really looking forward to really being able to explore the space and see what I am able to take away from the experiences I have at the museum itself.