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Evaluation of Thematic Workshops of the Museum Programme Čudotvornica

Nataša Vlah orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-0927 ; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Teacher Education
Andrea Rotim orcid.org/0000-0001-5993-878X
Tamara Mataija orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3831 ; Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to present evaluation of the museum workshops for children Čudotvornica, held at the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral. The workshops were evaluated by pupils, workshop leaders, teachers and parents in order to determine their experience of the workshops from different perspectives. The study involved a total of 572 participants, of which 340 primary school students, 25 workshop leaders, 23 teachers and 184 parents. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were applied.
Students positively evaluated the research component and their own motivation, while they evaluated the aspect of knowledge application slightly less affirmatively. Differences between boys and girls were identified in the workshop When I grow up, I will be a curator , thus the girls more than boys tended to plan the application and reflection on the lessons learned. Younger students had a higher motivation and a stronger desire to participate in the workshop Little Archaeologists, while older students woud rather reflect upon and apply what they have learnt in the workshop When I grow up, I will be a curator. Workshop leaders were the ones who were most satisfied with the incentives taken by the Museum, while they estimated less affirmately the satisfaction with the utilised work methods. The parents were pleased that that their child learnt experientially and that it was guided by the teacher, while supporting cooperation between school and museums. Teachers have evaluated students´ motivation as high and believed that students expanded their prior knowledge, but also learned something new.
The contribution of the results lies in the positive verification of the conducted museum workshops and the recommendation for implementation of this way of experiential learning in everyday educational practice.

Keywords

evaluation; museum; museum pedagogy; workshops

Hrčak ID:

211092

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/211092

Publication date:

23.10.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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