George E. Hein is Professor Emeritus in the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciencesand Senior Research Associate at the Program Evaluation and Research Group at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

LATEST BOOK!
Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy by George Hein
Left Coast Press (Walnut Creek, CA)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

Learning in the Museum is now available in Japanese at amazon.co.jp

G. E. Hein and Mary Alexander, Museums: Places of Learning, Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1998.

G. E. Hein,Learning in the MuseumLondon: Routldge, 1998.

G. E. Hein and Sabra Price, Active Assessment for Active Science Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994.
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G. E. Hein, editor,The Assessment of Hands-on Elementary Science Programs Monograph, Grand Forks, ND: North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation, 1990.
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G. E. Hein, Open Education, an Overview, a collection of three articles,
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, 13 pages, 1975.

G. E. Hein, Open Education Perspective on Evaluation, monograph,
Grand Forks, ND : North Dakota University Press, 1975.
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George E Hein, An interview with Pat Hourihan, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 29 pages, 1971.

George E Hein, An interview with Dorothy Welch, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 31 pages, 1969.

George E Hein, An interview with Bruce Whitmore, (with photographs by the author). Newton MA : Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 26 pages, 1969.

Chapters & Reprints

G. E. Hein (2014) “Organizational Change within Participating Institutions Related to the Medborgerskab Project” in Sasja Brovall Villumsen, Dorthe Juul Rugaard og Lise Sattrup, Rum for Medborgerskab Copenhagen: Statens Museum for Kunst, p. 16-31. This chapter (and the whole book) are available here.

“An Optimistic Time”  •  PDF (file size: 1.1 MB)
An introductory chapter written in 2009 for Boston Stories: The Children's Museum as a Model for NonprofitLeadership, a collaborative effort led by former Boston Children's Museum director Michael Spock, that includes conventional text, photographs, and illustrations; as well as companion media and a fully searchable and downloadable digital archive. Publication is expected soon.

G. E. Hein, “Museum Education,” in S. MacDonald, editor, A Companion to Museum Studies, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Chapter 20.

G. E. Hein, “A Progressive Education Perspective on Evaluation,” In B. S. Engel and A. C. Martin, eds. Holding Values: What We Mean by Progressive Education, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005, pp. 176-181.

M. Black and G.E. Hein “You're Taking Us Where? Reaction and Response to a Guided Art Museum Field Trip,” in M. Xanthoudaki, L. Tickle & V. Sekules (eds.) Researching Visual Arts Education in Museums and Galleries, Dordrecht: Kluwer Publishers, 2003.

G. E. Hein, "The Challenge of Constructivist Teaching," in E. Mirochnik and D. C. Sherman, editors, Passion and Pedagogy: Reflection, Creation, and Transformation in Teaching, Peter Lang: New York, 2002.

G. E. Hein and S. Lee, "Assessment of Science Inquiry," in Inquiry: Thoughts, Views, and Strategies for the K-5 Classroom, Washington DC: National Science Foundation, 1999.

G. E. Hein, "The Logic of Program Evaluation: What Should We Evaluate in Teacher Enhancement Projects?" in Friel, S. N. and G. W. Bright, Reflecting on Our Work: NSF Teacher Enhancement in K-6 Mathematics, Lanham, MD: University Press of American Inc., 1996.

G. E. Hein, "Evaluating Teaching and Learning in Museums," in Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, editor, Museums, Media, Message, London: Routledge, 1995.

G. E. Hein, "Active Assessment for Active Science," in V. Perrone, editor, Expanding Student Assessment, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1991.

B. S. Engel and G. E. Hein, "Qualitative Evaluation of Cultural Institution/School Education Programs," in S. N. Lehman and K. Igoe, editors, Museum School Partnerships: Plans and Programs, Washington, DC: Center for Museum Education, 1981.

G. E. Hein, "Evaluation in Open Education: Emergence of a Qualitative Methodology," chapter in S. Meisels, editor, Special Education and Development: Perspectives on Young Children with Special Needs, Baltimore: University Park Press, 1979.

G. E. Hein, "Standardized Testing, Reform is not Enough," in Testing and Evaluation: New Views, Association for Childhood Education International, Washington, 1975.

G. E. Hein, "Let's Not Teach the History of Chemistry," Teaching the History of Chemistry, A Symposium, G. Kaufman, editor, Academiac Kaido, Budapest, 1971, p. 39.

G. E. Hein, "The Impact of 'Stuff' in the Classroom," Education Technology IV, 54 (1969). Reprinted in Technology and Education, L. Lipsitz, editor, Education Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, 1971.

G. E. Hein, "An Interview with Dorothy Welch," Working Paper, Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 1969. Reprinted in Open Education, E. B. Nyquist and G. R. Hawes, Bantam Books, New York, 1972.

G. E. Hein, "Children's Science is Another Culture," Technology Review, December 1968, p. 61. Reprinted in The ESS Reader, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, 1970.

S. Kumar and G. E. Hein, "A Rapid Kinetic Method for the Differentiation of Native, Modified and Inactive Enzymes," in Structure and Reactions of DFP -Sensitive Enzymes, E. Heilbronn, editor, Forsvarets Forskingsanstalt, Stockholm, 1967, p. 89.

G. E. Hein, "Kekule and the Architecture of Molecules," in Kekule Centennial, O. T. Benfey, editor, American Chemical Society, 1966, p. 1.

G. E. Hein, "The Liebig-Pasteur Controversy," J. Chem. Ed., 38, 617 (1961), reprinted in Selected Readings in the History of Chemistry, A. J. Ihde and W. F. Kieffer, editors, American Chemical Society, Easton, PA, 1965.

Chemistry and Biochemistry

D. E. Lenz and G. E. Hein, ”Acetylcholinesterase: New Evidence for an Acetyl-enzyme Intermediate,” Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 220, 617 (1970).

S. Kumar and G. E. Hein, ”Structural and Steric Specificity of a-Chloroketones as Inhibitors of a-Chymotrypsin,” Biochem. Biophys. Acta, 206, 404 (1970).

S. Kumar and G. E. Hein, ”The Autolysis of a-Chymotrypsin,” Biochemistry, 9, 291 (1970).

W. P. Bryan and G. E. Hein, ”Proteins,” Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, N. Bikales, editor, Vol. II, 619 (1969).

B. M. Sanborn and G. E. Hein, ”The Interaction of Trypsin with Neutral Substrates and Modifiers,” Biochemistry, 7, 3616 (1968).

S. Kumar and G. E. Hein, ”A Rapid Kinetic Method for the Differentiation of Native, Modified and Inactive Enzymes,” in Structure and Reactions of DFP -Sensitive Enzymes, E. Heilbronn, editor, Forsvarets Forskingsanstalt, Stockholm, p.89 (1967).

B. Sanborn and G. E. Hein, ”On the Interaction of Trypsin with Neutral Substrates and Inhibitors,” Biochem. Biophys., Acta, 139, 524 (1967).

J. Rapp, C. Niemann and G. E. Hein, ”The Primary Specificity of Chymotrypsin: Further Evidence for 'Wrong-way Binding,” Biochemistry, 5, 4100 (1966).

D. R. Ponzi and G. E. Hein, ”Stereospecific Activation of Chymotrypsin Catalyzed Hydrolyses,” Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 25, 60 (1966).

G. Neil, C. Niemann and G. E. Hein, ”Structural Specificity of a-Chymotrypsin: Polypeptide Substrates,” Nature, 210, 903 (1966).

R. A. Wallace, R. L. Peterson, C. Niemann and G. E. Hein, ”Activation of Chymotrypsin Catalyzed Hydrolyses by 9-Aminacridine,” Biochem. Biophys. Res. C., 23, 346 (1966).

J. B. Jones, C. Niemann and G. E. Hein, ”The Specificity of a-Chymotrypsin: Derivatives of D-Valine and D-Norvaline,” Biochemistry, 4, 1735 (1965).

J. B. Jones, T. Kunitake, C. Niemann and G. E. Hein, ”The Primary Specificity of a-Chymotrypsin: Acylated Amino Esters with Normal Alkyl Side Chains,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 87, 1777 (1965).

G. E. Hein and C. Niemann, ”Steric Course and Specificity of a-Chymotrypsin Catalyzed Reactions, I,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 84, 4487 (1962).

G. E. Hein, “Die Kinetik der Wirkung von Effectoren auf stationäre Fermentsysteme” (book review), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 85 3315 (1963).

G. E. Hein, ”Multi-Step Mechanisms for Cholinesterase Activity,” Nature, 193, 1155 (1962).

G. E. Hein and C. Niemann, ”Steric Course and Specificity of a-Chymotrypsin Catalyzed Reactions, II,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 84, 4495 (1962).

G. E. Hein and C. Niemann, ”An Interpretation of the Kinetic Behavior of Model Substrates of a-Chymotrypsin,” Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci., 47, 1341 (1961).

G. E. Hein, R. B. McGriff and C. Niemann, ”An Inversion of the Usual Antipodal Specificity in a-Chymotrypsin Catalyzed Reactions,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 82, 1830 (1960).

P. A. S. Smith and G. E. Hein, ”The Alleged Role of Nitroxyl in Certain Reactions of Aldehydes and Alkyl Halides,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 82, 5731 (1960).

Forewords and Introductions

Hein, G. E. (2014) in Sharon Shaffer,  Engaging Young Children in Museums. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Hein, G. E., Foreword, in J. Mokros, editor, (2006) Math Momentum in Science Centers, Cambridge, MA: TERC.

Hein, G. E. (2006) “Foreword.” In I. Pumpian, D. Fisher & S. Wachowiak, Challenging the Classroom Standard through Museum-Based Education: School in the Park. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hein, G. E. (2005) Introduction, Issue dedicated to Vito Perrone. Teaching & Learning:The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice, Fall, 2005 Volume 20, No. 3. http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/ehd/journal/.

Hein, G. E., (2005) “Foreword: The Importance of APE.” In T. Humphrey, and J. P. Gutwill, (2005) Fostering Active Prolonged Engagement, San Francisco, The Exploratorium.

History of Science

G. E. Hein, “Let's Not Teach the History of Chemistry,” Teaching theHistory of Chemistry, A Symposium, G. Kaufman, editor, Academiac Kaido, Budapest, 1971, p.39.

G. E. Hein, “Kekule and the Architecture of Molecules,” in Kekule Centennial, O. T. Benfey, editor, American Chemical Society, 1966, p.1.

H. Hein and G. E. Hein, “The Chemistry of the Noble Gases: A Modern Case History,” J. History of Ideas, 27, 417 (1966).

G. E. Hein, “The Liebig-Pasteur Controversy,” J. Chem. Ed., 38, 617 (1961), reprinted in Selected Readings in the History of Chemistry, A. J. Ihde and W. F. Kieffer, editors, American Chemical Society, Easton, PA, 1965.

G. E. Hein, “The Reaction of Tertiary Amines with Nitrous Acid,” J. Chem. Ed., 40, 181 (1963).

Museum Research & Education

(2013) "Progressive Museum Education: Examples from the 1960s," International Journal of Progressive Education, 9[2] p. 61-76. The entire issue is available as a PDF here.

G. E. Hein “Múzeumpedagógia: Nézzünk elöre!” in Vásárhelyi, T. és Kárpáti A. , A Múzeumi Tanulás Kézikönyve: Továbbképzı tanfolyami jegyzet, Budapest: Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, 2009.

G. E. Hein, (2006) “Progressive education and museum education: Anna Billings Gallup and Louise Connolly”, J. Museum Education, 31[3] 161-174, 2006.

G. E. Hein, “The Meaning of Meaning Making,” Exhibitionist, 25 [1], 18-25, 2006.

G. E. Hein, “John Dewey’s ‘Wholly
Original Philosophy’ and its Significance for Museums,” Curator, 49 [2], 181-202, 2006.

G. E. Hein, “Museum Education,” in S. MacDonald, editor, A Companion to Museum Studies, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

G. E. Hein, “The Role of Museums in Society: Education and Social Action," Curator, 48 [4], 357-363, 2005.

G. E. Hein, “John Dewey and Museum Education,” Curator: The Museum Journal, 47 [4] 413-427 (2004).

G. E. Hein, “Museum-School Bridges: A Legacy of Progressive Education,” ASTC Dimensions, Jan/Feb 2004, 6-7.

M. Black and G. E. Hein, “You’re Taking Us Where? Reaction and Response to a Guided Art Museum Fieldtrip,” in M. Xanthoudaki, L. Tickle & V. Sekules (eds.) Researching Visual Arts Education in Museums and Galleries, Dordrecht: Kluwer Publishers, 2003.

D. Bartels and G. E. Hein, “Learning in Settings Other Than Schools,” book review, Educational Researcher, Vol. 32[6] 38-42 (2003).

E. B. Bailey and G. E. Hein, “Museum Educators and Communities of Practice,” ASTC Dimensions, Nov./Dec. 2002.

G. E. Hein, “Learning in Museums, A Continuing Conversation,” The Informal Learning Review, No. 55, Nov./Dec., 2002, p. 9-11.

E. Bailey and G. E. Hein, “Museums and the Standards: Perspectives on How Museums in the United States Are Being Affected by the national Education Reform Movement,” in Dufresne-Tassé, C. editor, Evaluation: Multi-Purpose Applied Research, Montreal: ICOM/CECA, 2002, pp. 85-96.

G. E. Hein, “Constructivism: More than Meaning Making,” Museological Review, 7, 1-17 2001.

L. Baum, G. E. Hein and M. Solvay, “In Their Own Words: Voices of Teens in Museums,” J. Museum Ed., 25[3] 9-13, 2000.

G. E. Hein, “Is Meaning Making Constructivism? Is Constructivism Meaning Making?” The Exhibitionist, 18(2) 15-18, 1999.

E. Bailey, K. Bronnenkant, J. Kelley and G. E. Hein, “Visitor Behavior at a Constructivist Exhibition: Evaluating Investigate! at Boston’s Museum of Science,” in Dufresne-Tassé, C. editor, Évaluation et éducation muséal: nouvelles tendances, Montreal: ICOM/CECA, 1998, pp. 149-168.

G. E. Hein, “What Can Museum Educators Learn from Constructivist Theory?” Gesché, N. (ed.) Study Series, Committee for Education and Cultural Action (CECA). Paris: ICOM: 13-15, 1996.

G. E. Hein, “The Constructivist Museum.” Journal of Education in Museums, 16, 15-17 1995.

G. E. Hein, “Evaluating Teaching and Learning in Museums,” in Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, editor, Museums, Media, Message, London: Routledge, 1995.

G. E. Hein, “Museum Education, A Bibliographical Essay,” Choice, Vol. 30, July/August, 1993, pp. 1733-1741.

G. E. Hein, “The Significance of Constructivism for Museum Education”, in The Museum and the Needs of People, Haifa: Israel, National ICOM Committee, 1992 (reprinted several times, and translated into Spanish and German).

G. E. Hein, “How Children Behave in Museums,” I.C.O.M. Education, XII and XIII, 52-57, 1991.

G. E. Hein, “Teaching Teachers to Use Museums,” in Establishing, Maintaining and Developing Museum Educational Services, Athens: I.C.O.M. Hellenic National Comittee, 1991.

B. Davidson, C. L. Heald and G. E. Hein, “Increased Exhibit Accessibility Through Multisensory Interaction,” Curator, 34/4, 273-290, 1991.

S. Price and G. E. Hein, “More than a field trip: science programmes for elementary school groups at museums,” Int. J. Sci. Educ., 13, (5) 505-519, 1991.

G. E. Hein, guest editor, “Learning from Others about Learning,” special issue of the Journal of Museum Education, 15 #1, Winter, 1990.

G. E. Hein, “Learning about Learning in Museums,” Hand to Hand, Association of Youth Museums, Winter, 1989.

G. E. Hein, “Evaluating of Museum Programs and Exhibits,” in T. H. Hansen, K.-E.Andersen and P.Vestergaard, editors, Museum Education, Copenhagen: Danish I.C.O.M./CECA,1982.

B. S. Engel and G. E. Hein, “Qualitative Evaluation of Cultural Institution/School Education Programs,” in S. N. Lehman and K. Igoe, editors, Museum School Partnerships: Plans and Programs, Washington, DC: Center for Museum Education, 1981.

Other Educational Papers

G. E. Hein, “A Progressive Education Perspective on Evaluation,” In B. S. Engel and A. C. Martin, eds. Holding Values: What We Mean by Progressive Education, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005, pp. 176-181.

G. E. Hein, "The Challenge of Constructivist Teaching," in E. Mirochnik and D. C. Sherman, editors, Passion and Pedagogy: Reflection, Creation, and Transformation in Teaching, Peter Lang: New York, 2002.

G. E. Hein, "The Logic of Program Evaluation: What Should We Evaluate in Teacher Enhancement Projects?" in Friel, S. N. and G. W. Bright, Reflecting on Our Work: NSF Teacher Enhancement in K-6 Mathematics, Lanham, MD: University Press of American Inc., 1996.

G. E. Hein, "The North Dakota Study Group," Radical Teacher, No. 31, June 1986, pp. 5-10.

J. M. Paradise and G. E. Hein, "Impact of Participation in Teacher Center Activities on Teachers' Personal and Professional Development", San Francisco, CA: Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, 1980.

G. E. Hein, "Evaluation in Open Education: Emergence of a Qualitative Methodology," chapter in S. Meisels, editor, Special Education and Development: Perspectives on Young Children with Special Needs, Baltimore: University Park Press, 1979.

G. E. Hein, "New Schools, Old Habits," The Current, Lesley College, 4, 12-15, Winter 1976.

G. E. Hein, "The Science of Watching and Wondering," Urban Review, 9, 242-248 (1976).

Corwin, G. E. Hein, and D. Levin, "Weaving Curriculum Webs: The Structure of Nonlinear Curriculum," Childhood Education, 52, 248-51 (1976).

G. E. Hein, "Humanistic and Open Education, Comparison and Contrast," Journal of Education, 157, No. 3, 27-38, August 1975.

G. E. Hein, "The Social History of Open Education," Urban Review, 8, 96-119 (1975).

G. E. Hein, "Standardized Testing, Reform is not Enough," in Testing and Evaluation : New Views, Association for Childhood Education International, Washington, 1975.

G. E. Hein, "Piaget, Materials and Open Education," EDC News, 1, 1973.

G. E. Hein, "An Interview with Dorothy Welch," Working Paper, Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 1969. Reprinted in Open Education, E. B. Nyquist and G. R. Hawes, Bantam Books, New York, 1972.

G. E. Hein, "The Impact of 'Stuff' in the Classroom," Education Technology IV, 54 (1969). Reprinted in Technology and Education, L. Lipsitz, editor, Education Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, 1971.

Science Education and Assessment

G. E. Hein, “O dilemma da Educaçåo Cientifica: como ensinar quando os visitants apenas quere aprendar.” In Marandino, M, Almeda, A. M. & Valente, M. E. A. editors, Museo: lugar do publico, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Fiocruz, 2009.

G. E. Hein (2006) “Science education for a thriving democracy”, Hands On! 29[1] 4-6,19.

G. E. Hein and S. Lee, “Assessment of Science Inquiry,” in Inquiry: Thoughts, Views, and Strategies for the K-5 Classroom, Washington DC: National Science Foundation, 1999.

G. E. Hein, “Active Assessment for Active Science,” in V. Perrone, editor, Expanding Student Assessment, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1991.

G. E. Hein, “How Long Is This Table? Research on Children's Measurement,” Centerpiece, Lesley College, June, 1991.

“The Flowering of Science Assessment,” Networking, U. of North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network, Spring, 1991.

G. E. Hein, “The Right Test for Hands-on Science,” Science and Children, 25 (2), 8-12, October 1987.

G. E. Hein, “Standardized Testing, Reform is not Enough,” in Testing and Evaluation: New Views, Association for Childhood Education International, Washington, 1975.

G. E. Hein, “An Interview with Pat Hourihan,” Working Paper, Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 1970.

G. E. Hein, “An Interview with Bruce Whitmore,” Working Paper, Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, 1970.

G. E. Hein, “Children's Science is Another Culture,” Technology Review, December 1968, p. 61. Reprinted in The ESS Reader, Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, 1970.