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<p>Museums’ roles are diversifying considering their dynamic relationships with the present-day economy, society, and communities. Nevertheless, education is the main constant marketing museums’ complex activities. An important part of the educational mission of museums is designed with and for teachers and their students. Nevertheless, these partnerships are complex and they need more understanding for designing more effective educational programs. Having this in mind, the present study analyzes the way primary-school teachers in Bucharest, Romania, interact with museums and how they use their collections as educational resources in class. The qualitative investigation implemented shows that there is a high potential for partnership and teachers need more guidance and cooperation opportunities coming from museum educators and curators.</p>
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Museums’ roles are diversifying considering their dynamic relationships with the present-day economy, society, and communities. Nevertheless, education is the main constant marketing museums’ complex activities. An important part of the educational mission of museums is designed with and for teachers and their students. Nevertheless, these partnerships are complex and they need more understanding for designing more effective educational programs. Having this in mind, the present study analyzes the way primary-school teachers in Bucharest, Romania, interact with museums and how they use their collections as educational resources in class. The qualitative investigation implemented shows that there is a high potential for partnership and teachers need more guidance and cooperation opportunities coming from museum educators and curators.

Closing the Gap between Museums and Schools

alexandra.zbuchea@facultateademanagement.ro

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Da’DeCe Association & University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest/CESI Doctoral School & Da’DeCe Association

Culture. Society. Economy. Politics

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Museums’ roles are diversifying considering their dynamic relationships with the present-day economy, society, and communities. Nevertheless, education is the...

Closing the Gap between Museums and Schools

Pubblicato online: 27 mar 2023

Pagine: 11 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csep-2022-0008

Parole chiave
Museum education, museum-school partnerships, museum stakeholders, museum outreach programs

© 2022 Alexandra Zbuchea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Closing the Gap between Museums and Schools

Pubblicato online: 27 mar 2023

Pagine: 11 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csep-2022-0008

Parole chiaveMuseum education, museum-school partnerships, museum stakeholders, museum outreach programs

© 2022 Alexandra Zbuchea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
Museum education, museum-school partnerships, museum stakeholders, museum outreach programs