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Knutson, Karen

Associate Director, UPCLOSE

PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver


Contact:
804 LRDC
412-624-5498
412-624-7439
knutson@pitt.edu
http://upclose.lrdc.pitt.edu/people/knutson.html
 

Research Interests: Karen's research is focused on visitor learning and organizational practices in museums. She has worked with museums on curatorial and curriculum development projects, and conducted a large scale nation-wide study of visitor learning in museums.

Projects/Labs

• University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE)
• Ecology of Educational Opportunities in Pittsburgh
• City as Learning Lab (CaLL): Spreading Technological Fluency Through Creative Robotics
• Understanding the Student and Community Impact of Arts-Based Youth Programs
• Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)

Publications

• Sanford, C., Knutson, K., & Crowley, K. (2007). We Always Spend Time Together on Sundays: Grandparents and informal learning. Visitor Studies, 10(2), 136-151.
• Leinhardt, G. & Knutson, K. (2006). Grandparents speak: Museum conversations across the generations. Curator, 49(2), 235-252.
• Knutson, K. & Crowley, K. (2005). Museum as learning laboratory: Developing and using a practical theory of informal learning. Hand to Hand, 18(4), 4-5.
• Crowley, K. & Knutson, K (2005). Museum as learning laboratory: Bringing research and practice together. Hand to Hand, 19(1), 3-6.
• Leinhardt, G. & Knutson, K. (2004). Listening in on Museum Conversations. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
• Knutson, K. & Crowley, K. (2004). Review of “Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum.” Science Education, 88 (2), 297-300.
• Leinhardt, G., & Knutson, K. (2004). Listening in on museum conversations. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
• Leinhardt, G., Knutson, K., Crowley, K. (2003). Museum Learning Collaborative redux. Journal of Museum Education, 28(1), 23-31.
• Leinhardt, G., Knutson, K., Crowley, K. (2003). Museum Learning Collaborative Redux, Journal of Museum Education
• Knutson, K. (2002). Creating a space for Learning: Curators, educators and the implied audience. In Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson, K. (Eds.). Learning Conversations in Museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson, K. (Eds.). (2002). Learning Conversations in Museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Leinhardt, G., Tittle, C., & Knutson, K. (2002). Talking to oneself: Diaries of museum visits. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, & K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning conversations in museums (pp. 103 - 132). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Leinhardt, G., Tittle, C., & Knutson, K. (2002). Talking to oneself: Diaries of museum visits. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, & K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning conversations in museums (pp. 103-134). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson, K. (Eds.) (2002). Learning conversations in museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

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