The document summarizes a panel discussion from the 2016 WMA conference in Phoenix, Arizona on the topic of learning without borders. The panelists, which included museum directors and education specialists, discussed how museums can better serve as an extension of classroom learning through field trips aligned with curriculum standards and post-trip writing projects. They also debated whether the role of museums should be limited to field trips or if they could provide more formal education within their walls.

1. WMA 2016 CONFERENCE, PHOENIX AZ
WESTINAR:
LEARNING WITHOUT BORDERS

2. WESTINAR CONVERSANTS
▸ Kathy Husser Tempe Public Library Director
▸ Greg Lehman Board Chair ASU Art Museum
▸ Lori Rubino-Hare Professional Development Coordinator, Northern
Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning
▸ Alison Stoltman Education Programming Specialist, Arizona
Museum of Natural History
▸WESTINAR FACILITATOR
▸ Paul Gabriel Educational Therapist/Consultant

3. LEARNING WITHOUT BORDERS
WHAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THINK OF US
▸ Field trips = an extension of classroom
learning
▸ Field trips are subject to curriculum
▸ Teachers seek guidance and resources
about how to align museum interpretation
and practice to school standards
▸ Post field trip, further learning = writing-
based projects
▸ Museums have the potential to serve a
vital role as a critical extension and
complement to the classroom

4. IS THE MUSEUM JUST A
PLACE FOR A FIELD TRIP?

5. SO NOW WHAT…
ONCE MUSEUMS GET OUTSIDE THEMSELVES,
WHAT DOES FORMAL EDUCATION INSIDE THEM
BECOME?