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Research Projects
Informal Settings for Learning and Achievement: Museums in Action (ISLA:
MIA): Mixed methods research study of informal science learning among 500
Latino families in
Milwaukee.
Funding provided by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of
Education's Institute for Excellence in Urban Education; the University of
Wisconsin System Institute on Race and Ethnicity; and the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee Cultures and Communities Program Community University
Partnership grant.
Field Trips to Museums and Student Learning: What Does the Data Tell Us?:
Survey-based research study exploring student learning in museums and how
school teachers attempt to foster curricular connections between school
classrooms and museums in order to meet discipline-based local and
national learning standards. Funding for this study provided by the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate School Research Committee.
Nonprofit
Museum
Volunteer Educators: A Community of Teachers and Learners: Survey-based
research study investigating Wisconsin's nonprofit museum volunteers'
professional and educational backgrounds and experiences and their
perceptions about teaching and learning in museums. Initial funding for
this study provided by the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management.
The Good Field Trip: Dissertation study that investigated how students
learned science, art and technology in a museum setting during a camp
experience through analysis of videotaped conversations and activities,
student and teacher interviews, and documented student work. Funding for
data collection and study provided by AERA/Spencer Pre-Dissertation
Fellowship and University of Washington Presidential Fellowship.
Recent
Presentations
"We Make the Road by Walking": A
Collaborative Inquiry into the Experiences of Women in Academia,
Paper Presentation, American Education Research Association Annual
Convention, April 2007,
Chicago,
Illinois
(national, refereed, academic audience, paper in progress).
Using Narrative as a Data Source and
Analytic Method to Investigate Learning Outside of Traditional School
Settings with Diverse Youth, Paper Presentation, American
Education Research Association Annual Convention, April 2007, Chicago,
Illinois (national, refereed, academic audience, paper in progress).
Understanding the Teaching and
Learning of Volunteer Museum Educators in Milwaukee, Paper
Presentation, UWM School of Education Research Conference, March 2007,
Milwaukee, WI (local, refereed, academic audience paper in progress).
Investigating Learning Outside of
Traditional School Settings with Diverse Youth Engaging in Alternative
Narrative Production, Paper Presentation, 28th Annual
Ethnography in Education Research Forum, February, 2007, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (national, local, refereed,
academic audience, paper).
Milwaukee Nonprofit Museum Teachers:
Understanding Their Teaching and Learning, Paper Presentation,
Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Research
Colloquium, February 2007,
University
of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (invited, practitioner and academic audience, paper).
They Teach for Free: Understanding
Volunteer Educators' Teaching and Learning to Develop Strategies for
Success, Workshop Presentation, 55th National Adult and
Continuing Education Conference, November, 2006, Milwaukee Wisconsin
(national, refereed, practitioner and academic audience, paper).
Building Bridges Between Museums and
Schools: Why We Need More Research About K-12 Trips to Science, Art, and
History Museums.
Workshop Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Association of Mid-West
Museums, September 2006, Quad Cities, IL & IA (regional, refereed,
practitioner audience, paper).
Publications
Martell, S. The Informal Educator of Color: Reflection on Lessons Learned.
Museums and Social Issues 2(1).
Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, p.105-114.
Martell, S. (2007). Hunter College
The Centro de Estudios Puertorrique駉s
/Center for Puerto Rican Studies Arts Programming Assessment.
(Technical report).
Martell, S. Building Bridges Between Museums and Schools: Why We Need More
Research About K-12 Field Trips to Science, Art, and
History Museums.
(under review)
Martell, S. Learning About Japanese
Art and Culture Outside of School: Orientation, Interaction, and Four
Disciplines (in preparation for review)
Martell, S., Herrenkohl, L.A Critique
of Susan Harter抯
Self-Perception Profile for Children.(in
preparation for review)
Stevens, R., Martell, S. (2003). Leaving a trace: Supporting museum
visitor interaction and interpretation with digital media annotation
systems. The Journal of Museum
Education 28(2). Washington, DC: Museum Educational
Roundtable, p.25-31. |
