Dissertations / Theses: 'Children's museums Educational aspects'

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Weier, Katrina. "Lessons from an interactive exhibition: Defining conditions to support high quality experiences for young children." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36628/1/36628_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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During their early years, young children are exposed to a range of learning settings, both formal and informal. This study focused on young children's engagement and reflection in an informal museum context. Using qualitative research methodology, a three-week community art project, The Art of Eric Carle, was examined. This setting combined an interactive art exhibition and an art studio workshop, to resemble the informal learning context characteristic of popular, contemporary, interactive museum venues of all kinds. Through a descriptive interpretative analysis, the study aimed to document the experiences and abilities of young children (aged birth to eight years) as artists and art appreciators within this environment. A broader aim of the study was to identify a range of conditions that support high quality experiences for young children in informal learning settings in general. A detailed set of ideal criteria, encompassing the physical, programming and social components of the learning setting was developed and applied to The Art of Eric Carle project. The findings of the study clearly demonstrated that certain conditions enhance young children's engagement and reflection in informal learning settings. While physical, programming and social factors all play a role in forming young visitors' experiences, it is the social component of the learning environment, specifically children's interactions with adults, that determines the quality of their encounters. Social exchanges assist children to interpret the museum environment and its exhibits and to successfully take part in the learning experiences offered. A synergistic relationship exists between physical, programming and social factors, and with equal attention given to each of these aspects of the informal learning setting, high quality experiences can be provided for young children.

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Lincoln, Margaret L. "The Online and the Onsite Holocaust Museum Exhibition as an Informational Resource." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5407/.

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Museums today provide learning-rich experiences and quality informational resources through both physical and virtual environments. This study examined a Holocaust Museum traveling exhibition, Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust that was on display at the Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan in fall 2005. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to assess the informational value of a Holocaust Museum exhibition in its onsite vs. online format by converging quantitative and qualitative data. Participants in the study included six eighth grade language arts classes who viewed various combinations or scenarios of the onsite and online Life in Shadows. Using student responses to questions in an online exhibition survey, an analysis of variance was performed to determine which scenario visit promotes the greatest content learning. Using student responses to additional questions on the same survey, data were analyzed qualitatively to discover the impact on students of each scenario visit. By means of an emotional empathy test, data were analyzed to determine differences among student response according to scenario visit. A principal finding of the study (supporting Falk and Dierking's contextual model of learning) was that the use of the online exhibition provided a source of prior orientation and functioned as an advanced organizer for students who subsequently viewed the onsite exhibition. Students who viewed the online exhibition received higher topic assessment scores. Students in each scenario visit gave positive exhibition feedback and evidence of emotional empathy. Further longitudinal studies in museum informatics and Holocaust education involving a more diverse population are needed. Of particular importance would be research focusing on using museum exhibitions and Web-based technology in a compelling manner so that students can continue to hear the words of survivors who themselves bear witness and give voice to silenced victims. When perpetuity of access to informational resources is assured, future generations will continue to be connected to the primary documents of history and cultural heritage.

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Edmundson, Jane, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts. "Dr. Soanes' Odditorium of Wonders : the 19th century dime museum in a contemporary context." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Arts, c2013, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3426.

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19th century dime museums were a North American phenomenon that flourished in urban centres from the mid- to late-1800s. Named thusly due to their low admission cost, dime museums provided democratic entertainment that was promoted to all classes as affordable and respectable. The resulting facilities were crammed with art, artifacts, rarities, living human curiosities, theatre performances, menageries, and technological marvels. The exhibition Dr. Soanes’ Odditorium of Wonders strives to recapture the spirit and aesthetic of the dime museum to invoke wonder in the viewer and to combine art, artifacts, and oddities to provoke questions about the boundary between education and amusement. Both the academic and curatorial texts utilize a mix of methodological approaches appropriate to museology, art history and cultural history: theoretical research into historiographical issues concerning theories of display and spectacle; archival research and discourse analysis of historical documents, and material culture analysis (including the semiotics of display).
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Lam, Suet-hung Anne, and 林雪虹. "A study of the educational role of public art museums." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38628740.

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Mathewson, Donna School of Art Education UNSW. "A socio-cognitive model for learning in art museums: establishing a foundation for cultural practice in the secondary school years." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Art Education, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/27295.

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This doctoral investigation examines educational relationships between museums and schools, and more specifically between art museums and secondary art education. The author's analysis of literature pertaining to museum/school relationships and previous research conducted within Honours research establishes systematic contradictions as permeating the public role of museums and educational engagements with museums. In seeking explanation, a theoretical framework, derived from the social theories of Pierre Bourdieu is developed. The framework is used to interrogate the practices of school-based art education and art museums, and the agents involved, to examine how social relations operate to enable and constrain the representation and engagement of secondary school-based perspectives in the museum setting. Aspects that have previously remained unacknowledged are examined to reveal the interplay of factors that influence educational experiences in the art museum setting. Using the findings from the first stage of the analysis, in concert with the Bourdieuan framework, the author develops a model for learning in art museums that explores and articulates a new pedagogical terrain in the art educational use of art museums. A socio-cognitive framework is developed to reflect the strategic incorporation of museological knowledge, contemporary art education philosophies and practices and sociological theory. The aims of the model are to engage secondary art education and art museums using a sociological perspective, provide the tools for secondary art educators to be autonomous in the art museum setting, recognize that individuals relate to cultural materials and experiences in varying and multiple ways and develop educational encounters that predispose learners to engage in the cultural practice of art museum visiting. In intrinsically valuing art museum experiences as distinctive learning opportunities, the model provides teaching and learning strategies that allow for a multi-faceted, developmentally appropriate and cognitively based educational involvement. As the ultimate outcome of the research the model has significance for secondary art students, secondary art educators, teacher educators and art museum educators. It is unique in providing a secondary school-based art educational perspective on learning in art museums that is designed to establish a foundation for cultural practice, within and beyond the school years.

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Walcott, Crystal. "Visual aspects of children's sense-making strategies related to shape classification." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3243784.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, 2006.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 17, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: A, page: 4491. Advisers: Peter Kloosterman; Frank K. Lester.

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Yount, Katherine. "A Collaborative Affair: The Building of Museum and School Partnerships." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30532/.

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This study examined two art museum and school partnerships in order to learn how partnerships enable an integration of goals, participants' beliefs and values, and learning objectives. This study examined the partnerships through a social constructivist lens and used narrative analysis as way to interpret participants' stories about collaboration. The research found three major themes among participants' stories. Participants: a) valued good communication to establish relationships between partners, b) believed partnership offered students experiences that educated the whole person, and c) felt that students making meaning by interacting in the museum environment was an indicator of success. The study closes with discussion of the researchers' own constructions as they developed throughout the study.

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Daniels, Nicolette Deidré. "The promotion of scientific literacy within a museum context." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1343.

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Currently South African museums are faced with the challenge of evaluating and transforming their roles and functions as a response to changing national educational needs. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether aspects of the integrated strategies approach to promoting scientific literacy can be successfully employed in a museum context. The approach was used as part of the education programmes at the Port Elizabeth Museum School (Bayworld) and mixed methods were used to gather qualitative and quantitative data on the teachers’ ability to adopt the strategy. Data were also generated on the teachers’ perceptions of teaching and learning, possible activities which supported the approach, and aspects of the strategy which the learners adopted most readily. The findings suggest that active engagement in the process resulted in effective adoption of the strategy by the teachers, improved attitudes towards science learning by both the teachers and children who participated in the process, and improved scientific literacy in both.

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Liu, Wan-Chen. "An exploratory, descriptive study of art museum educators' attitudes in regard to art museum-elementary school collaboration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0028/NQ38931.pdf.

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Jebbett, Lorraine Marcia. "What parents want from direct access to educational psychologists in a children's centre." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/2954/.

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Increasingly, Educational Psychology Services are opening their provision to parents in community settings such Children’s Centres (Davis et al 2008), but, there has been little research regarding what parents want from this provision. Eleven parents who attended a Children’s Centre in the West Midlands, participated in semi-structured interviews (including sort card activities) designed to explore what they wanted from the opportunity to meet directly with an Educational Psychologist (EP). Transcripts of interviews were subjected to thematic analysis. Many parents reported wanting support at a community and personal level, (relating to a range of difficulties e.g. behaviour) and appeared to view difficulties that a child experiences as being ‘down to’ parenting skills. Parent’s therefore reported feelings of shame and embarrassment and wanted an EP to help build confidence in their parenting skills and to provide advice, information, techniques and direction. Parents valued EPs’ training, knowledge and experience and wanted this to be utilised to offer a unique/different perspective and to help them better understand their child. A solution focused consultation approach appears to be most aligned to what parents want. The findings also showed that some parents did not know what an EP does and equated EP work with psychiatry. EPs therefore need to advertise their role and to be approachable and accessible.

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Ashton, Stephen D. "High Priority Design Values Used by Successful Children's Museum Exhibit Developers: A Multiple Case Study Analysis of Expert Opinions." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2630.

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The following qualitative study sought to answer three questions: (1) What are the high priority design values used by expert exhibit developers to create meaningful exhibits at children's museums? (2) How do exhibit developers prioritize these design values? (3) What are the desirable outcomes that exhibit developers seek to achieve with the guests who interact with the exhibits? These questions were answered through interviews with children's museum exhibit developers, personal observations, and artifact analysis. The data collected was organized into four cases, each representing a different children's museum and corresponding exhibit developer. The cases were then compared against each other using multiple case study analysis as described by Stake (2006). The data revealed that most of the developers designed exhibits which promoted family learning by encouraging meaningful interactions between parents and children. Other high priority design values used by exhibit developers included physical engagement, multiple entry points, simplicity, durability, multisensory engagement, staff and volunteer facilitation, safety, and immersive environments. Successful museum exhibits empowered guests and were always created using multiple design values. This thesis may be downloaded for free at http://etd.byu.edu.

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Crawford, Jennifer. "An analysis of adult education in libraries and museums." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28031.

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One of the characteristics of adult education is the degree to which it is dispersed throughout society. Much adult education is practiced in organizations and institutions that have purposes other than adult education. Schroeder (1970, p. 37) has suggested a category of adult education agencies (Type III agencies) established to serve both the educational and non-educational needs of the community, agencies in which "adult education is an allied function employed to fill only some of the needs which agencies recognize as their responsibility." The purpose of this study was to examine adult education in Schroeder's Type III agencies using libraries and museums as examples. The study addressed the definition and description of adult education, the importance of adult education relative to other functions of the organization, and the purposes for which the organizations used adult education. A comparative analysis of the adult education function of three libraries and three museums was conducted. Print materials (annual reports and publicity brochures) and interviews with the person responsible for programming were used as data sources. Analysis of the findings was done in three stages: single case analysis (within case analysis), analysis of libraries and museums (within category analysis), and comparison of libraries and museums (across category analysis). Many definitions of adult education were found. Most described the purposes of adult education rather than the process of teaching and learning. It was also found that the importance of adult education varied among the organizations studied. Adult education was less important than other organizational functions in four of the six organizations studied. It was as important as other functions in one organization and was not ranked in one organization. Five uses for adult education were found: stimulation (encouraging better use of the library or museum), enrichment (adding extra information), extension (enlarging community contacts), service (filling a social need), and advocacy (promoting social change). Generally, libraries used programming for extension and museums used it for enrichment. This study has contributed to understanding adult education in Type III organizations by describing some ways non-professional adult educators view adult education. It has also suggested some contextual factors that influence the adult education function in those organizations and has suggested a variety of purposes for which adult education could be used.
Education, Faculty of
Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
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Seibel-Machado, Maria Iloni. "O papel do setor educativo nos museus : analise da literatura (1987 a 2006) e a experiencia do museu da vida." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287012.

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Orientador: Maria Margaret Lopes
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias
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Resumo: Esta tese tem por objetivo explicitar as abordagens pedagógicas e o papel do setor educativo nos museus, a partir da análise de literatura que trata de educação em museus, incluindo teses e dissertações defendidas entre 1987 e 2006 no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo. Parte do pressuposto de que a prática educativa é uma prática intencionalizada e, como tal, atende a interesses e cumpre objetivos específicos voltados para determinados públicos - de acordo com o contexto e momento histórico em questão. Inicialmente busca situar o setor educativo em diferentes momentos da história dos museus, onde aparece como um setor específico criado para atender o público escolar sobremaneira. As funções que lhe foram atribuídas se traduzem em ações e atividades que acabam se tornando a "marca registrada" da atuação do setor educativo em diferentes tipos de museus, que é referenciada em princípios político-pedagógicos que tendem a corresponder àqueles que informam o sistema de ensino e a ideologia dominante nos diferentes momentos históricos - na maioria das vezes não explicitados. Apresenta um panorama geral das teses e dissertações selecionadas com informações sobre as instituições em que foram defendidas, bem como a formação dos autores, os temas abordados, os objetivos propostos, a metodologia de pesquisa e os referenciais teóricos que orientam os estudos. Examina alguns desses trabalhos que, entre outros aspectos, referem-se à questão pedagógica e ao papel do setor educativo, com o intuito de explicitar as abordagens pedagógicas e identificar contribuições e lacunas. Deste modo, foi possível rever a experiência de coordenar o processo de estruturação do setor educativo do Museu da Vida, e formular novas questões e reflexões, sinalizando possibilidades e limites desse setor para desenvolver, no museu de ciências, uma prática educativa transformadora.
Abstract: This thesis aims to bring up pedagogic approaches as well as the role of educative division in museums, coming from the analysis of the literature around education in museums, including thesis and dissertations presented between 1987 and 2006 in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It comes from the presuppose that educative practice is intentionalized, and, thus, lives up to interests and also intends for specific aims which are focused on some audiences - according to context and historical moment in question. Initially, it aims to situate the educative area in different moments of museums history, where appears as a specific place created to supply the scholar people overall. Functions them attributed stand for actions and activities which becomes the hallmark of educative area in different kinds of museums, referenced on political-pedagogic principles, tending to correspond to whose that inform system of learning and main ideology throughout various historical moments - most of times non-explicit ones. It features a general overview on thesis and dissertations selected with information about institutions where them were presented, as well as authors' formation, selected themes, proposed objectives, research methodology and theory references that guide studies. Some of those works which, among others, refers to pedagogical issue are looked over in order to makes visible pedagogical approaches, as well as identify gaps and contributions. This way, it was possible to coordinate process of educative building of Museu da Vida and thus formulate new questions and thinking, in order to develop a transforming educative practice in science museum.
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Doutor em Ciências

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Soni, Anita. "Educational psychology work in children's centres : a realistic evaluation of group supervision with family support workers." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/824/.

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The present study examines the use of group supervision with Family Support Workers (FSWs) based in Children’s Centres, suggests key mechanisms and context features for consideration when implementing group supervision and highlights future directions for research. Literature on the role Educational Psychologists hold in Children’s Centres is reviewed and a role utilising community, critical and organisational psychology principles is suggested. The present study uses a Realistic Evaluation (Pawson & Tilley, 1997) framework to explore the mechanisms, context and outcomes of group supervision. Key mechanisms within FSWs were: confidence, openness to ideas, experience of the job and supervision, prioritisation of group supervision and relationships with colleagues. Key mechanisms within group supervision were: the professional contract, group working agreement, supervisor role, size and composition of the group. Key features of the context were management support and group dynamics. The present study discusses outcomes of group supervision in light of the literature, finding positive outcomes outweigh the number and frequency of negative outcomes, supporting previous literature and raising additional outcomes. The outcomes were coded into educative, supportive and managerial functions (Hawkins & Shohet, 2006). The educative outcomes were: learning from others, sharing experiences and problems, gaining ideas, strategies and new perspectives. The supportive outcomes were: reduced isolation, raised confidence, reassurance, supporting team relationships and individuals. The managerial outcomes were group supervision supported FSWs in delivering better outcomes for children and families.

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Wagner, Krista Ann. "Farbs, Stickjocks, and Costume Nazis: A Study of the Living History Subculture in Modern America." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1196710568.

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Norman, Adam. "Klädda pedagoger : Om bruket av nytillverkade historiska dräkter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-154658.

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This thesis aims to explore the use of costumed interpreters at museums. Firstly the thesis examines how extensivethe use of historical costumes is in Sweden, along with some international comparisons. Later on the differentways that the clothes are used is examined, and the costume as a resource for learning is discussed. In the lastpart of the thesis the “function” of the costume is examined. Two different theories are used to study the costumedinterpreters: performance-theories and communication-theories. The different methods used in the thesisincludes studies of literature, web pages, reports and conducting interviews with museum staff concerned with clothing. The result of the thesis is new perspectives on costumed interpreters, where the costume is seen as an activesubject that creates the presence of history. The costume also helps the staff from the museum to control the visitorsby giving the interpreter authority and making him/her a link to the history. The costume also changes thebehavior of the wearer, even if the person isn´t a part of an educational role-play at the moment. This can be seenas the wearer leaving his/her private self and entering a professional role. The costume is a support and a façadefor the interpreter. The costume as a resource for learning is also examined and the costume is an excellent toolfor starting a dialogue with the visitors. The costume is an introduction to discuss clothing, fashion and technicalinnovations, but gender, ethnicity, class and other subject can also be discussed through the costume. The possibilitiesfor the interpreter depends on the clothes, but also the interpreters and the visitors knowledge, relation toclothes and the selection of information and stories that is made. Gerbners model for communications is re-madeto describe the communication between the clothes, the wearer and the visitor. The thesis ends with a summaryand suggestions on continued

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Ovigli, Daniel Fernando Bovolenta [UNESP]. "As pesquisas sobre educação em museus e centros de ciências no Brasil: estudo descritivo e analítico da produção acadêmica." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102006.

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Ao longo das últimas quatro décadas ocorreu um grande crescimento da área de pesquisa em educação em ciências no Brasil. Frente ao volume da produção científica da área, são necessários estudos de caráter inventariamnte e descritivo, denominados pesquisas de estado da arte, ainda pouco encontrados na literatura científica brasileira, em especial no campo da educação em ciências. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desta tese reside na identificação e descrição das principais características e tendências das pesaquisas desenvolvidas em uma subárea da educação em ciências, a educação em museus e centros de ciências. Foram mapeadas investigações produzidas por pesquisadores brasileiros e divulgadas sob a forma de teses e dissertações, no período de 1970 a 2010. Trata-se e uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa e quantitativa, que realiza uma análise documental histórico-bibliográfica a qual congrega 153 trabalhos, sendo 122 dissertações e 31 teses. Seis categorias de análise foram construídas a partir do material empírico: (i) programas, ações e exposições; (ii) aprendizagem; (iii) formação de professores e outros agentes educacionais; (iv) história dos museus e exposições; (v) organização e funcionamento dos museus de ciências e (vi) tecnologias da informação e comunicação nos museus de C&T. As defesas ocorreram predominantemente no eixo Rio-São Paulo, em sua maioria na última década, evidenciando que área em questão caracteriza-se emergente no campo da educação em ciências
An expressive growth in Brazilian research on science education has been seen over the past four decades. The volume of the scientific production in this field demands studies to describe and analyze the research output, named state of the art empirical studies, which have been rare in Brazilian scientific literature, particularly in the science education field. In this context, the overall goal of this thesis was to identify and describe the main features and trends of the research in the science museums field developed by Brazilian researchers and published in the form of doctorate thesis and master dissertations from 1970 to 2010. This is a qualitative and quantitative research, based on bibliographical review. In total, 153 scientific pieces were mapped, from which 122 are dissertations and 31 are thesis. Six categories of analysis were constructed based on the empirical data: (i) programs and exposures, (ii) learning, (iii) teachers training and other educational agents, (iv) museums and exposures history, (v) organization and functioning of science museums and (vi) communication technologies in science and technology museums. Dissertations and thesis were mainly developed in the Rio-São Paulo region, mostly in the last decade, showing that this field can be characterized as emerging in science education

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Peres, Diana Tubenchlak 1982. "Um pé em cada canoa : professores de artes entre museus e escolas /." São Paulo, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151158.

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Orientador: Rita Luciana Berti Bredariolli
Banca: Sumaya Mattar
Banca: Luiza Helena da Silva
Resumo: Escolas e museus de arte se relacionam, sobretudo, através das visitas de estudantes acompanhados por seus professores às exposições. Nesse estudo conheceremos cinco professores de artes, que ao longo de suas vidas frequentam as programações oferecidas pelos museus, e as reverberações que este habito cultural pode oferecer para o desenvolvimento do ensino de arte nas escolas que lecionam. Como processo, optei por entrevistas semi-estruturadas com ênfase nas histórias de vida dos participantes, momentos de emersão de suas relações com a arte e espaços museológicos desde a infância aos dias de hoje. Além do convite a produzir um trabalho poético com a mesma temática. A partir dos elementos trazidos pelos professores construímos enlaces com a pesquisa bibliográfica para as discussões sobre o desenvolvimento da "Proposta triangular"; o museu como espaço de formação continuada e experiência; os fluxos entre museus de arte e escolas e o papel do professor de artes no processo de formação de público. Dois exemplos de trabalhos desenvolvidos em escolas a partir do vivido pelos professores nos museus foram trazidos para dialogarmos sobre a presença da arte contemporânea em sala de aula e as relações criadas entre arte e vida
Resume: Écoles et musées d'arts rentrent en relation, notamment, grâce aux visites des expositions organisées par les enseignants avec leurs élèves. Dans cette recherche nous avons suivi cinq professeurs d'arts qui au long de leurs parcours fréquentent les programmes offerts par les musées. Nous nous sommes intéressés aux traces laissées par cette habitude culturelle dans le développement de l'enseignement des arts dans les écoles où ils enseignent. En ce qui concerne la méthodologie, j'ai opté pour les entretiens semi-structurés tout en soulignant les histoires de vie des participants, les origines de leurs relations avec les arts et les espaces muséologiques depuis l'enfance. Les participants ont été également invités à produire en travail poétique sur ces thématiques. A partir des éléments apportés par les professeurs, nous avons construit les liens avec la recherche bibliographique afin de nourrir les débats autour de la « Proposition triangulaire » : le musée comme espace de formation continue et d'expériences ; les flux entre les musées et les écoles et le rôle du professeurs d'arts dans le processus de formation de public. Deux exemples de travaux développés dans les écoles à partir du vécu des professeurs dans les musées ont été retenus pour établir ce dialogue sur la présence des arts contemporains dans la salle de classe et les rapports entre les arts et la vie
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Ovigli, Daniel Fernando Bovolenta. "As pesquisas sobre educação em museus e centros de ciências no Brasil : estudo descritivo e analítico da produção acadêmica /." Bauru, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102006.

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Orientador: João José Caluzi
Banca: Daniela Franco Carvalho Jacobucci
Banca: Danilo Rothberg
Banca: Jorge Megid Neto
Banca: Regina Celia Baptista Belluzzo
Resumo: Ao longo das últimas quatro décadas ocorreu um grande crescimento da área de pesquisa em educação em ciências no Brasil. Frente ao volume da produção científica da área, são necessários estudos de caráter inventariamnte e descritivo, denominados pesquisas de estado da arte, ainda pouco encontrados na literatura científica brasileira, em especial no campo da educação em ciências. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desta tese reside na identificação e descrição das principais características e tendências das pesaquisas desenvolvidas em uma subárea da educação em ciências, a educação em museus e centros de ciências. Foram mapeadas investigações produzidas por pesquisadores brasileiros e divulgadas sob a forma de teses e dissertações, no período de 1970 a 2010. Trata-se e uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa e quantitativa, que realiza uma análise documental histórico-bibliográfica a qual congrega 153 trabalhos, sendo 122 dissertações e 31 teses. Seis categorias de análise foram construídas a partir do material empírico: (i) programas, ações e exposições; (ii) aprendizagem; (iii) formação de professores e outros agentes educacionais; (iv) história dos museus e exposições; (v) organização e funcionamento dos museus de ciências e (vi) tecnologias da informação e comunicação nos museus de C&T. As defesas ocorreram predominantemente no eixo Rio-São Paulo, em sua maioria na última década, evidenciando que área em questão caracteriza-se emergente no campo da educação em ciências
Abstract: An expressive growth in Brazilian research on science education has been seen over the past four decades. The volume of the scientific production in this field demands studies to describe and analyze the research output, named state of the art empirical studies, which have been rare in Brazilian scientific literature, particularly in the science education field. In this context, the overall goal of this thesis was to identify and describe the main features and trends of the research in the science museums field developed by Brazilian researchers and published in the form of doctorate thesis and master dissertations from 1970 to 2010. This is a qualitative and quantitative research, based on bibliographical review. In total, 153 scientific pieces were mapped, from which 122 are dissertations and 31 are thesis. Six categories of analysis were constructed based on the empirical data: (i) programs and exposures, (ii) learning, (iii) teachers training and other educational agents, (iv) museums and exposures history, (v) organization and functioning of science museums and (vi) communication technologies in science and technology museums. Dissertations and thesis were mainly developed in the Rio-São Paulo region, mostly in the last decade, showing that this field can be characterized as emerging in science education
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Gormly, Robin K. "Education for Education's Sake? Exposing the Arts District of Downtown Dallas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4876/.

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This thesis discusses the relatively new approach of art education, by paralleling it to Marxist ideology on art. The Dallas Arts District is one example of a city where museum art education is in conflict: being adopted more vigorously by some and with less acceptance by others. In order to provide a glimpse into the museum ideology of downtown Dallas, previous schools of thought regarding the role of curators and the introduction of educators into museums will be detailed, as well as conflicts between these two factions. The following questions will be addressed: Is museum art education truly a movement which strives to infuse the American culture with a greater appreciation of art? Is there a link to overcoming Marx's key issue of class? How is the movement affecting the Dallas Arts District and to what extent is museum art education being utilized within this forum? Is the emphasis toward museum art education greater in Dallas than in other large cities across the United States, and if so, how has that affected the cities' patrons?

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Alencar, Valéria Peixoto de [UNESP]. "Mediação cultural em museus e exposições de história: conversas sobre imagens/história e suas interpretações." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132741.

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Esta pesquisa de Doutorado em Artes iniciada em 2011 no Instituto de Artes da UNESP, intitulada Mediação cultural em museus e exposições de história. Conversas sobre imagens/história e suas interpretações, sob a orientação da Profa. Dra. Rejane Coutinho, foi construída a partir da hipótese de que o discurso expositivo criado nos museus de história desde o século XIX, para construir uma memória nacional a partir da utilização de uma visualidade, ainda se faz presente e reverbera no trabalho de mediação cultural, reproduzindo ou criticando tal visualidade. Foi realizada pesquisa de campo no Museu Paulista no ano de 2012 que englobou desde a análise de documentação referente à gestão Taunay bem como a observação do trabalho educativo; também em 2013/2014 foi realizada pesquisa em Londres durante o período do Doutorado sanduíche, tais momentos resultaram em dois diários de campo que foram importante fonte de dados e reflexões. A tese inicia com uma contextualização do surgimento dos Museus de História Nacionais (virada dos séculos XVIII/XIX), da discussão da relação entre imagens e história e de conceitos como representação e visualidade. Também apresenta a relação imagem/história no que se refere ao uso pedagógico da imagem a partir do mesmo recorte temporal do surgimento dos Museus Nacionais de História até os dias atuais, enfocando no método intuitivo de ensino (as lições de coisas), na metodologia da Educação Patrimonial e na proposta da educação como mediação. Por fim, apresenta o trabalho de mediação realizado pelos educadores do Museu Paulista, especialmente na exposição concebida por Affonso Taunay para o centenário da Independência do Brasil, e, propõe um exercício de contextualização, análise e imaginação do dito trabalho de mediação cultural que procura discutir os conceitos de dissenso (RANCIÈRE),...
This doctoral research project in Arts started in 2011 at Instituto de Artes/UNESP, entitled Cultural mediation in history museums and exhibitions. Conversations about images / history and their interpretation, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Rejane Coutinho, and it was built on the assumption that the exhibition discourse created in the history museums since the nineteenth century in order to build a national memory from the use of a visuality, is still present and reverberates in cultural mediation work, either reproducing or criticizing such visuality. Field research was conducted at Museu Paulista in 2012 and it included documentation from the analysis regarding the Taunay management as well as the observation of educational work; also in 2013/2014 a research was carried out in London during my doctoral exchange program. The research resulted in two field diaries that were important source of data and reflections. The thesis begins with a contextualization of the emergence of the National History Museums (turn of the eighteenth to the nineteenth century), the discussion of the relation between images and history and of concepts such as representation and visuality. It also shows the relation picture / history with regard to the pedagogical use of the image from the same time frame of the emergence of the National History Museums until the present day, focusing on the intuitive method of teaching (the lessons of things), on the methodology of heritage education and the one of education proposed as mediation. Finally, it presents the mediation work of the educators of Museu Paulista, especially in the exhibition designed by Affonso Taunay for the centenary of Brazil‟s Independence, and proposes an exercise in contextualization, analysis and imagination of the cultural mediation work that discusses the concepts of dissent (RANCIÈRE), symptom (DIDI-HUBERMAN), countervisuality (MIRZOEFF) ...

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Alencar, Valéria Peixoto de. "Mediação cultural em museus e exposições de história : conversas sobre imagens/história e suas interpretações /." São Paulo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132741.

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Orientador: Rejane Galvão Coutinho
Banca: Ana Mae Tavares Bastos Barbosa
Banca: Heloísa Maria Silveira Barbuy
Banca: Leda Maria de Barros Guimarães
Banca: Luiza Helena Christov
Resumo: Esta pesquisa de Doutorado em Artes iniciada em 2011 no Instituto de Artes da UNESP, intitulada Mediação cultural em museus e exposições de história. Conversas sobre imagens/história e suas interpretações, sob a orientação da Profa. Dra. Rejane Coutinho, foi construída a partir da hipótese de que o discurso expositivo criado nos museus de história desde o século XIX, para construir uma memória nacional a partir da utilização de uma visualidade, ainda se faz presente e reverbera no trabalho de mediação cultural, reproduzindo ou criticando tal visualidade. Foi realizada pesquisa de campo no Museu Paulista no ano de 2012 que englobou desde a análise de documentação referente à gestão Taunay bem como a observação do trabalho educativo; também em 2013/2014 foi realizada pesquisa em Londres durante o período do Doutorado sanduíche, tais momentos resultaram em dois diários de campo que foram importante fonte de dados e reflexões. A tese inicia com uma contextualização do surgimento dos Museus de História Nacionais (virada dos séculos XVIII/XIX), da discussão da relação entre imagens e história e de conceitos como representação e visualidade. Também apresenta a relação imagem/história no que se refere ao uso pedagógico da imagem a partir do mesmo recorte temporal do surgimento dos Museus Nacionais de História até os dias atuais, enfocando no método intuitivo de ensino (as "lições de coisas"), na metodologia da Educação Patrimonial e na proposta da educação como mediação. Por fim, apresenta o trabalho de mediação realizado pelos educadores do Museu Paulista, especialmente na exposição concebida por Affonso Taunay para o centenário da Independência do Brasil, e, propõe um exercício de contextualização, análise e imaginação do dito trabalho de mediação cultural que procura discutir os conceitos de dissenso (RANCIÈRE),...
Abstract: This doctoral research project in Arts started in 2011 at Instituto de Artes/UNESP, entitled Cultural mediation in history museums and exhibitions. Conversations about images / history and their interpretation, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Rejane Coutinho, and it was built on the assumption that the exhibition discourse created in the history museums since the nineteenth century in order to build a national memory from the use of a visuality, is still present and reverberates in cultural mediation work, either reproducing or criticizing such visuality. Field research was conducted at Museu Paulista in 2012 and it included documentation from the analysis regarding the Taunay management as well as the observation of educational work; also in 2013/2014 a research was carried out in London during my doctoral exchange program. The research resulted in two field diaries that were important source of data and reflections. The thesis begins with a contextualization of the emergence of the National History Museums (turn of the eighteenth to the nineteenth century), the discussion of the relation between images and history and of concepts such as representation and visuality. It also shows the relation picture / history with regard to the pedagogical use of the image from the same time frame of the emergence of the National History Museums until the present day, focusing on the intuitive method of teaching (the "lessons of things"), on the methodology of heritage education and the one of education proposed as mediation. Finally, it presents the mediation work of the educators of Museu Paulista, especially in the exhibition designed by Affonso Taunay for the centenary of Brazil‟s Independence, and proposes an exercise in contextualization, analysis and imagination of the cultural mediation work that discusses the concepts of dissent (RANCIÈRE), symptom (DIDI-HUBERMAN), countervisuality (MIRZOEFF) ...
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Beiers, Robin John. "Conceptions of sound before and after visiting an interactive science centre." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36481/1/36481_Beiers_1994.pdf.

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Although formal science lessons are the major instruction tool used by teachers, there is an increasing awareness that learning science from informal sources is also a valid tool of teaching. This thesis describes a phenomenographic study of the conceptions of sound held by a group of twenty-seven grade 7 students. These conceptions, or categories of description, were collected before and after a visit to an interactive science centre. The research questions forming the aims of the research were: What conceptions of sound do these students hold? Do these conceptions change after a visit to an interactive science centre? To investigate the conceptions of sound held by students, individual interviews were undertaken prior to the visit to the science centre. The students were interviewed a second time after their visit. Discussion at both these interviews was based around questions and stimulus material developed by the researcher to help students focus on the production, reflection and transmission of sound. The transcriptions of both sets of interviews were subjected to a phenomenographic analysis. Categories and sub-categories of description were found for three sub-concepts of sound - sound production, sound reflection and sound transmission. Student conceptualisations of sound which described these three sub-concepts of sound were found to be stimulus related. The allocation of students to these categories and sub-categories of description was verified by an independent judge. An interjudge reliability rate of over 90% was found for each of the three sub-concepts of sound. The pre-visit and post-visit categories and sub-categories of description held by individual students in relation to each of the stimuli were examined. This examination revealed that 26 of the 27 did change their levels of understanding of aspects of the sub-concepts of sound. The conceptualisations of sound identified in this group of students and the fact that after one museum visit most students in the study exhibited some change in a scientifically more acceptable direction have implications for teachers, curriculum planners and museum curators. These implications and possible directions for further research are discussed.

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Cook, Bettye Alexander. "A Chronological Study of Experiential Education in the American History Museum." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5190/.

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This study traced the evolution of experiential education in American history museums from 1787 to 2007. Because of a decline in attendance, museum educators need to identify best practices to draw and retain audiences. I used 16 museology and history journals, books, and archives of museums prominent for using the method. I also interviewed 15 museum educators who employ experiential learning, one master interpreter of the National Park Service, and an independent museum exhibit developer. Experiential education involves doing with hands touching physical materials. Four minor questions concerned antecedents of experiential learning, reasons to invest in the method, the influence of social context, and cultural pluralism. Next is a review of the theorists whose works support experiential learning: Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, Lewin, Bruner, Eisner, Hein, and David Kolb plus master parks interpreter Freeman Tilden. The 8 characteristics they support include prior experiences, physical action, interaction with the environment, use of the senses, emotion, social relationships, and personal meaning. Other sections are manifestation of experiential learning, transformation of history museums, and cultural pluralism in history museums. The research design is descriptive, and the procedure, document analysis and structured interview. Findings are divided by decades after the first 120 years. Social context, examples of experiential learning, and multicultural activities are detailed. Then findings are discussed by patterns of delivery: sensory experiences, actions as diversion and performance, outreach of traveling trunks and of organized activity, crafts as handwork and as skills, role-playing, simulation, hands-on museum work, and minor patterns. The decline of involvement of citizens in the civic and cultural life of the community has adversely affected history museums. Experiential learning can stop this trend and transform museum work, as open-air museums and the National Park Service have demonstrated. In the future history museums may include technology, a more diverse audience, and adults in its experiential educational plans to thrive. Further research is needed on evaluation, finances, and small museums.

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Pinto, Júlia Rocha [UNESP]. "Processos avaliativos em mediação cultural: a postura reflexiva das ações educativas." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/86929.

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Esta pesquisa tem como foco as práticas avaliativas realizadas por setores educativos de museus de arte e instituições culturais. A fundamentação teórica parte da intersecção dos campos da educação e da arte-educação, sobretudo no que tange à educação não formal realizada em espaços expositivos. Foram realizadas visitas e entrevistas com coordenadores de setores educativos de quatro instituições da cidade de São Paulo: Paço das Artes, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu Lasar Segall e Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Esta pesquisa exploratória possibilitou um entendimento de como os setores educativos estão realizando a reflexão de suas ações educativas e como estas práticas podem influenciar o processo de atendimento ao público. A experiência da avaliação como reflexão do processo educativo realizado em espaços culturais foi também vivenciada pela pesquisadora junto à equipe do Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras em São Paulo, onde foram pensadas estratégias articuladas através de relatos da mediação cultural por parte dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como resultados da pesquisa, aprendi que a avaliação das ações educativas deva ser reflexiva no seu processo, para que possa desempenhar uma função transformadora e construtiva da própria mediação cultural
Esta pesquisa tem como foco as práticas avaliativas realizadas por setores educativos de museus de arte e instituições culturais. A fundamentação teórica parte da intersecção dos campos da educação e da arte-educação, sobretudo no que tange à educação não formal realizada em espaços expositivos. Foram realizadas visitas e entrevistas com coordenadores de setores educativos de quatro instituições da cidade de São Paulo: Paço das Artes, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu Lasar Segall e Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Esta pesquisa exploratória possibilitou um entendimento de como os setores educativos estão realizando a reflexão de suas ações educativas e como estas práticas podem influenciar o processo de atendimento ao público. A experiência da avaliação como reflexão do processo educativo realizado em espaços culturais foi também vivenciada pela pesquisadora junto à equipe do Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras em São Paulo, onde foram pensadas estratégias articuladas através de relatos da mediação cultural por parte dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como resultados da pesquisa, aprendi que a avaliação das ações educativas deva ser reflexiva no seu processo, para que possa desempenhar uma função transformadora e construtiva da própria mediação cultural

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Wang, Hsiao-yun. "Le marketing des arts et de la culture : le cas des expositions éducatives pour les enfants dans les musées." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO30003.

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Avant la fin des années 1980, l’enfant n’était pas encore le public visé dans les musées. Faute d’espaces et d’expositions pour enfants, nous nous demandons si un musée destiné au jeune public est nécessaire. En vue de mettre en œuvre l’éducation muséale pour l’enfant, nous aborderons l’exposition éducative pour comprendre ce qui semble nécessaire à un tel projet. Et face au phénomène des expositions blockbuster, nous verrons comment le musée se met en relation intime avec le marketing qui joue un rôle de communication entre le public, l’éducation, l’exposition et le musée. De ce fait, nous traiterons du modèle de Disneyland qui adopte des méthodes de marketing pour attirer le public enfant et familial. Le fonctionnement du musée semble influencé par ce modèle, et s’oriente vers une tendance à la « disneylandisation ». Le musée, pour mieux remplir l’une des ses missions, la mission éducative, en visant le public enfant, doit-il prendre le risque d’un glissement vers la disneylandisation en adoptant des méthodes de marketing ? Nous traiterons deux grands points : l’analyse BEST étudiera l’environnement afin de comprendre les problèmes existants dans le domaine du musée ; la pratique BEST discutera des possibilités de résolution des problèmes existants dans le fonctionnement du musée. Cette thèse tentera de contribuer à élaborer un modèle de référence d’un système opératoire et offrira des propositions, par une approche renouvelée du marketing, pour répondre à l’équilibre de l’offre éducative du musée et de la demande du public enfant
Prior to the late 1980s, for example, children were not part of the museum audience. Lacking spaces and exhibitions for children, museum education for young people was absent. In order to support the implementation of museum education for children, we will discuss the types of exhibits appropriate for this endeavor. Recognizing the phenomenon of blockbuster exhibitions in particular, the purpose of this research is to investigate how museums elevate the practice of marketing, and how marketing plays a role in the interplay between the public, educational goals, the exhibit and the museum and influences the operation and presentation of the museum. We discuss the model of Disneyland, which employs marketing methods to attract children and family audiences. Museums seem to be influenced by this model, leading to a tendency of “Disneylandization.” Is it necessary for a museum that wishes to fulfill an educational mission and aim at a child audience to risk “Disneylandization” through its marketing methods? Our study provides an analysis of the methods of art marketing as they relate to educational museum exhibitions for children. We deal with two major issues: the “BEST analysis” to explore the environment and to understand the existing problems in the museum field; and the “BEST practice” approach to possible ways to solve the existing problems in the operation of the museum. The thesis proposes, in conclusion, to demonstrate that marketing gives to museums the means of better fulfilling their social and educational mission. We will show that a renewed approach to marketing makes it possible to use the proposed techniques to better meet the educational objectives of the museums; in other words, to more closely join supply (of education) and demand (by families and children)

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Shaw, Nancy (Nancy Alison) 1962. "Modern art, media pedagogy and cultural citizenship : the Museum of Modern Art's television project, 1952-1955." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36790.

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The Museum of Modern Art's television project sponsored by the Rockefeller Brother's Fund between 1952 and 1955 was designed to educate a democratic and cultured citizenry through the principles and practices of modern art and liberal humanism. Through a close reading of four television programs, related policy documents and exhibitions, as well as critical, educational and promotional literature, this study will show how within the context of the MoMA's mandate and history, the television project was a decisive, yet highly troubled attempt to forge cultural citizenship through the burgeoning media of modern art and television. This exploration will establish how the television project was an integral aspect of the MoMA's efforts since World War II to situate modern art as essential to the formation of an international polity shaped around the promise of universality, yet dependent on upholding the primacy of free and creative individuals. In addressing such a challenge, this dissertation will contend that television was not necessarily antithetical to modernism, rather it was just one among an array of struggling forces falling within the rubric of the modern. Moreover, this analysis will consider the importance of culture in logics of liberal governance. In order to elucidate the dimensions of cultural democracy as they emerged through the MoMA's television project, this study will be shaped around a discussion of three components crucial to the formation and maintenance of citizenly conduct---civic education, democratic cultural communications, and cross-cultural governance. To these ends, a range of sources from the disciplines of Communications, Cultural Studies and Critical Artistic Studies will be drawn on in order to investigate the provisional links forged between modern art, media pedagogy, and cultural citizenship in the Cold War period.

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Pletz, Janet, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Literature-as-lived in practice : young children's sense of voice." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/730.

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This study, situated in classroom practice and grounded in pedagogic wakefulness (Clandinin and Connelly, 2000), explores the nature of young children’s sense of voice as indicated through sustained interactions and representations of experiences with picturebook literature. The naturalistic research site was a grade one classroom setting in a large urban school. Student engagement and interactions with read-aloud events and responses to literature through multi-modal representations perpetuated meaning making and personal relevance. Coding procedures exemplified the nature of young children’s sense of voice as falling into two broad conceptual categories: (1) Situated Nature and (2) Experiential Nature. The Situated Nature of young children’s sense of voice revealed developmental, exploratory, and social sites of student engagement to literature. The Experiential Nature of young children’s sense of voice described three specificities of narrativity in their responses to picturebook literature: Young children’s multi-modal responses were interpreted as representative of Self- Narrativity, Interpretive-Narrativity, and Aesthetic-Narrativity. The findings contribute to a reconceptualized literacy curriculum which illuminates personal, social, and cultural identities, especially young children’s awareness of their individual sense of voice, developed through picturebook literature in primary classrooms.
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Pinto, Júlia Rocha. "Processos avaliativos em mediação cultural : a postura reflexiva das ações educativas /." São Paulo : [s.n.], 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/86929.

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Orientador: Rejeane Galvão Coutinho
Banca: Miriam Celeste Martins
Banca: Luiza da Silva Christov
Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como foco as práticas avaliativas realizadas por setores educativos de museus de arte e instituições culturais. A fundamentação teórica parte da intersecção dos campos da educação e da arte-educação, sobretudo no que tange à educação não formal realizada em espaços expositivos. Foram realizadas visitas e entrevistas com coordenadores de setores educativos de quatro instituições da cidade de São Paulo: Paço das Artes, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu Lasar Segall e Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Esta pesquisa exploratória possibilitou um entendimento de como os setores educativos estão realizando a reflexão de suas ações educativas e como estas práticas podem influenciar o processo de atendimento ao público. A experiência da avaliação como reflexão do processo educativo realizado em espaços culturais foi também vivenciada pela pesquisadora junto à equipe do Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras em São Paulo, onde foram pensadas estratégias articuladas através de relatos da mediação cultural por parte dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como resultados da pesquisa, aprendi que a avaliação das ações educativas deva ser reflexiva no seu processo, para que possa desempenhar uma função transformadora e construtiva da própria mediação cultural
Abstract: Esta pesquisa tem como foco as práticas avaliativas realizadas por setores educativos de museus de arte e instituições culturais. A fundamentação teórica parte da intersecção dos campos da educação e da arte-educação, sobretudo no que tange à educação não formal realizada em espaços expositivos. Foram realizadas visitas e entrevistas com coordenadores de setores educativos de quatro instituições da cidade de São Paulo: Paço das Artes, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu Lasar Segall e Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Esta pesquisa exploratória possibilitou um entendimento de como os setores educativos estão realizando a reflexão de suas ações educativas e como estas práticas podem influenciar o processo de atendimento ao público. A experiência da avaliação como reflexão do processo educativo realizado em espaços culturais foi também vivenciada pela pesquisadora junto à equipe do Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras em São Paulo, onde foram pensadas estratégias articuladas através de relatos da mediação cultural por parte dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como resultados da pesquisa, aprendi que a avaliação das ações educativas deva ser reflexiva no seu processo, para que possa desempenhar uma função transformadora e construtiva da própria mediação cultural
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Pastor, Juanita. "Archaeology, museology and education : a case-study at Vergelegen." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21842.

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Bibliography: pages 107-117.
The following thesis focuses on the relationship between archaeologists, museologists and the broader community, in terms of educational programmes. It consists of a case-study comprising an educational project based on theoretical ideas of People's Archaeology as influenced by theories of Freirean education. The process of the educational project is illustrated through the description of interviews and workshops. The case-study indicates that there is a gap between academic and community percpetions of the role of archaeology and museums. Results from interpretations indicate that much more research emphasising the constitution, situation and perceptions of specific communities, especially those which have previously been marginalised by broader society, is needed in order to improve the educational services which museums and archaeologists offer to the community.

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Wurtzel, Kate. "A Risk Worth Taking: Incorporating Visual Culture Into Museum Practices." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9719/.

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As a museum educator who embraces social education and reflects on the postmodern condition, I found working within a traditional museum context to present challenges. As a result, I conducted an action research project focusing on ways to improve my own practice and affect change based on my engagement with visual culture discourse and the docents I teach. Having chosen action research, I implemented various teaching approaches and collected data over the course of several months. These data collection methods included interviews, museum documents, observational notes, recorded teaching practice, and daily journal entries. Narrative analysis was then used to interpret the collected data, specifically focusing how participants, including myself, make sense out of our experiences and how we value them.

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Anderson, David. "The development of science concepts emergent from science museum and post-visit activity experiences : students' construction of knowledge." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36601/1/David_Anderson_Thesis.pdf.

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This research investigated students' construction of knowledge about the topics of magnetism and electricity emergent from a visit to an interactive science centre and subsequent classroom-based activities linked to the science centre exhibits. The significance of this study is that it analyses critically an aspect of school visits to informal learning centres that has been neglected by researchers in the past, namely the influence of post-visit activities in the classroom on subsequent learning and knowledge construction. Employing an interpretive methodology, the study focused on three areas of endeavour. Firstly, the establishment of a set of principles for the development of post-visit activities, from a constructivist framework, to facilitate students' learning of science. Secondly, to describe and interpret students' scientific understandings : prior t o a visit t o a science museum; following a visit t o a science museum; and following post-visit activities that were related to their museum experiences. Finally, to describe and interpret the ways in which students constructed their understandings: prior to a visit to a science museum; following a visit to a science museum; and following post-visit activities directly related to their museum experiences. The study was designed and implemented in three stages: 1) identification and establishment of the principles for design and evaluation of post-visit activities; 2) a pilot study of specific post-visit activities and data gathering strategies related to student construction of knowledge; and 3) interpretation of students' construction of knowledge from a visit to a science museum and subsequent completion of post-visit activities, which constituted the main study. Twelve students were selected from a year 7 class to participate in the study. This study provides evidence that the series of post-visit activities, related to the museum experiences, resulted in students constructing and reconstructing their personal knowledge of science concepts and principles represented in the science museum exhibits, sometimes towards the accepted scientific understanding and sometimes in different and surprising ways. Findings demonstrate the interrelationships between learning that occurs at school, at home and in informal learning settings. The study also underscores for teachers and staff of science museums and similar centres the importance of planning pre- and post-visit activities, not only to support the development of scientific conceptions, but also to detect and respond to alternative conceptions that may be produced or strengthened during a visit to an informal learning centre. Consistent with contemporary views of constructivism, the study strongly supports the views that : 1) knowledge is uniquely structured by the individual; 2) the processes of knowledge construction are gradual, incremental, and assimilative in nature; 3) changes in conceptual understanding are can be interpreted in the light of prior knowledge and understanding; and 4) knowledge and understanding develop idiosyncratically, progressing and sometimes appearing to regress when compared with contemporary science. This study has implications for teachers, students, museum educators, and the science education community given the lack of research into the processes of knowledge construction in informal contexts and the roles that post-visit activities play in the overall process of learning.

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Teixeira, Marina Barbosa da Cruz. "Sentidos e significados da relação museu/escola: perspectivas para a construção de territórios educativos." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20778.

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Museums are cultural and educational spaces which interact with different audiences and intensely with schools. The great influx of school audiences to museum institutions led researchers to investigate the specificities and the great educational potential of this relationship, with studies aimed at improving the didactic use of student visits, understanding learning processes, evaluating practices among other aspects. Otherwise, the expansion of actions that seek to induce Full-time Program of Education in Brazil, providing extended educational times and spaces, in a multidimensional process that takes into account the city as an educational territory (Leclerc; Moll, 2012) has valued the articulation between spaces of education non-formal and formal. A recent initiative was the implementation of the Program “Mais Cultura nas Escolas” (PMCE), signed between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture to promote actions that provide the bond between the pedagogical project of public schools and cultural experiences of local communities. In this context, the present research has the apprehension problem of the senses and meanings attributed by educators on the relation museum/school in the PMCE. Through qualitative research and having as a theoretical-methodological assumption the categories of Socio-Historical Psychology, semi-directed interviews were conducted with a teacher and the pedagogical coordinator of a school enrolled in the Program in the "Museum Education" and "Heritage Education" and with the educator of the partner museum, in the city of Porto Ferreira (SP). The analysis was done through the elaboration of pre-indicators, indicators and the Meaning Core (Aguiar and Ozella, 2006) that allowed us to understand that educators see the integration between museum and school as a way to promote equity and to qualify the experience of learning, making it more meaningful and enjoyable. In addition, they see this relationship as an innovation in teaching that breaks with traditional models, a way of valuing student subjectivity, an experience of enchantment and strengthening and building identities
Os museus são espaços culturais e educativos, que dialogam com diferentes públicos e de forma intensa com as escolas. A grande afluência de público escolar às instituições museais levou diversos pesquisadores a investigarem as especificidades e o grande potencial educativo dessa relação, com estudos que objetivam a melhoria do aproveitamento didático das visitas pelos alunos, a compreensão dos processos de aprendizagem, avaliação de práticas, entre outros aspectos. Por sua vez, a ampliação de ações que procuram induzir a Educação Integral no Brasil, no sentido de proporcionar tempos e espaços educativos ampliados, em um processo multidimensional e que leve em conta a cidade como território educativo (Leclerc; Moll, 2012) tem valorizado a articulação entre espaços de educação não-formal e formal. Uma iniciativa recente foi a implementação do “Programa Mais Cultura nas Escolas” (PMCE), firmado entre o Ministério da Educação e o Ministério da Cultura, para o fomento de ações que promovam o encontro entre o projeto pedagógico de escolas públicas e experiências culturais das comunidades locais. Neste contexto, a presente pesquisa tem como problema a apreensão dos sentidos e significados atribuídos por educadores sobre a relação museu/escola no PMCE. Por meio de pesquisa qualitativa e tendo como pressuposto teórico-metodológico as categorias da Psicologia Sócio-Histórica, foram realizadas entrevistas semidirigidas com um professor e o coordenador pedagógico de uma escola inscrita no Programa nos eixos “Educação Museal” e “Educação Patrimonial” e com o educador do Museu parceiro, na cidade de Porto Ferreira (SP). A análise foi feita através da elaboração de préindicadores, indicadores e Núcleos de Significação (Aguiar; Ozella, 2006) que nos permitiram apreender que os educadores veem a integração entre museu e escola como um caminho para promover equidade e para qualificar a experiência de aprendizagem, tornando-a mais significativa e prazerosa. Além disso, veem esta relação como uma inovação no ensino que rompe com modelos tradicionais, um modo de valorizar a subjetividade do aluno, uma experiência de encantamento e de fortalecimento e construção de identidades

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Preusse, David N. "Studying the Impact of a Summer Training Course on Teacher Ability to Use and Integrate an Innovative Online Museum Curriculum in Secondary Schools." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248522/.

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This study seeks to answer the overarching question of how the use of a digitally delivered arts curriculum, including a virtual museum environment, affects teacher's perceptions of curriculum integration and whether they believe it is successful in the classroom. This study is based on the analysis of archival data collected during a pilot study that was conducted in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. This pilot study used a qualitative, descriptive approach and included the use of surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observations. The main focus of this study was on the experiences of a selection of educators who took part in the pilot study and summer training sessions to determine the successes and challenges they faced as they sought to the implement the experimental digitally delivered arts curriculum. The results of the study should improve the field's understanding of how virtual environments and technology can influence teacher experiences and perceptions of their potential value for learning as they continue to take hold in public schools worldwide.

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何素珍. "澳門藝術博物館與學校藝術教育合作之初探." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2323508.

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Tengblad, Johanna. "”Inte som att läsa hemma direkt” : Faktorer som påverkar besökares tillgänglighet till introducerande konstutställningstexter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448310.

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This thesis investigates the factors that influence whether visitors to art exhibitions experience accessible introductory art labels or not. From the need of making art exhibitions and their communication available to more people of society the aim with this study is to increase awareness about the factors that influence accessibility and generate ideas about useful theory concerning accessible labels. By connecting theory concerning the purpose of art exhibitions, the social context of art exhibitions, orientation and disorientation and different views related to exhibition labels the author, by influence from the swedish Special pedagogy educational authority (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten) accessibility model ”tillgänglighetsmodellen”, creates a accessibility model concerning the context of introductory art labels. The study gathered material from visitor interviews and observations from two different art exhibition institutions in Stockholm: Bonniers Konsthall and Spritmuseum, one art gallery and one cultural museum with an art exhibition feature. The analysis from the field work then formed the content of the accessibility model concerning the context of introductory art labels. As a background to the ideas behind the labels interviews where also performed with personnel in command of the communication concerning the labels. The results show that the visitors experience of accessible introductory art labels can be related to physical, social and pedagogical factors. Where the physical factors included reading situation, placing, lighting and soundscape. The social factors included other visitors, the willingness to ”do things right” and disorientation, confusion and uncertainty. The pedagogical factors included legibility, readability and well worth reading. The study also shows that the visitors pre-knowledge of art and habit of visiting art exhibitions could influence the visitors experience of accessibility. Where visitors without pre-knowledge about art history in the art gallery Bonniers Konsthall all found the texts non-accessible depending on a mix of physical, social and pedagogical factors. At the cultural museum Spritmuseum however visitors without pre-knowledge of art could find the text accessible. There a positive experience of the reading situation, including lightning and few other visitors, made visitors feel that the text where more accessible even when they experienced some difficulty with the accessibility related to pedagogical factors like text length. The study shows that the different factors of accessibility related to introductory art labels interacted and influenced the overall experience of text accessibility. This is a two years master's thesis in Museum and cultural heritage studies.

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Dlamuka, Mxolisi Chrisostomas. "Identities, memories, histories and representation : the role of museums in twentieth century KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10394.

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The history of museums in South Africa dates back to 1825 when the South African Museum (SAM) was established in Cape Town. Initially museums in South Africa were established for science and local history was seen as peripheral. Nevertheless, this began to change during the early 1920s as artifacts of historical nature gained popularity, saving them from historical oblivion in museums. Museums themselves broadened their role to become major centres of both scientific and historical knowledge. When museums started to include historical artifacts, they entered a terrain which was influenced by a racist ideology of segregation and then apartheid. Thus, they became centres of political discourse and mirrors of the white domination in South Africa. From the 1920s museums served to propagate certain myths which was based on the subjugation of Africans by white settlers. Museums played a pivotal role in entrenching ideas of white settlement in Natal as a triumph over barbarism, savage and heathenism. Exhibitions within the museums reflected certain identities at the expense of others. It was not until the 1980s that the political scenario forced museums to examine their role and adapt to the new order. This marked the beginning of a new dispensation in the politics and poetics of museum displaying. During the 1990s issues of representation in museums became popular. Historians were among those who became interested in the question of how to represent the South African a turbulent past in a post apartheid South Africa. This era was characterized by new displays which are more accommodative and represent diverse population groups of South Africa. Exhibitions in museums always involve political ramifications and ideas within exhibitions draw reference to the powerful groups in the making of political and social discourse. During the post- apartheid era, KwaZulu-Natal museums reflect new identities which are based on non-racialism and interaction of diverse people of the province. They no longer serve as reference point for white domination and educational programmes are more multidimensional and appeal to all sectors of our society. The thesis adopted in this piece of work is that museums are political institutions and reflect the political identities of the society that they live. They cannot be divorced from their time and circumstances.
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"School-Museum Integrated Learning Experiences in Science: A learning journey." University of Technology, Sydney. Teacher Education, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/254.

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The focus of this dissertation is my investigation into how primary school teachers can be guided to provide effective conditions for student learning on teacher-led school excursions to museums. The dissertation follows my learning journey, beginning with my entering experiences as a teacher, museum educator and teacher educator and then following stages of literature search, questions, action and reflection. The research design has affinity with action research and utilises an assemblage of methodologies which are empathetic with the study itself, principally observations and interviews. My thesis is that a framework based on strategies which reflect informal learning behaviours of family groups, learner-centred teaching approaches, and meaningful integration of school and museum studies, can create favourable conditions for student learning on excursions. Further, with minimal professional development, classroom teachers can implement such a framework. The first of three field studies tested my understandings about current practices on teacher-led school excursions to museums. Observations of 12 school excursions in Sydney, Australia, revealed a strong teacher orientation toward task completion rather than learning, and underlined the need to search for an alternative approach. Following a literature search on school visits to museums, social constructivist learning and teaching, and family visits, a School-Museum Learning Framework (SMLF) was designed. The SMLF was trialed in the second field study in which I was the principal teacher as well as researcher, working with a Year 5/6 class. The most significant finding was the students' recognition and declaration of their own learning in an environment in which they had choice and ownership of their learning. Consideration of the nature and measurement of learning in informal settings led to a tentative tool for indicating engagement in learning processes. In my third field study I investigated the broader application of the SMLF in four trials involving seven teachers. The teachers participated in a one-day professional development seminar and then conducted their own school-museum programs. The results showed the SMLF to be robust under a range of circumstances. My findings from the trials led to a refined flexible framework: School-Museum Integrated Learning Experiences in Science, which is based on three Guiding Principles: integration of school and museum learning; provision of conditions for self-directed learning and facilitation of learning strategies appropriate to the setting. The findings from this research have significance for students, teachers, teacher educators and museum educators.

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Scherer, Leigh Anne Whitney. "Museum education programs : Portland, Oregon." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33217.

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In this study I explored the variety of educational opportunities available in museums. Next, I examined the museum education programs in the Portland, Oregon area and described what types of opportunities are available to teachers. Finally, I made suggestions for teachers on how to best access museum programs and for museum educators on how to best reach teachers. Interactions between schools and museums exist on a variety of levels. From limited interactions to collaborative programming, schools and museums have found ways to work together to accomplish their joint goal of education. Museums offer self-guided or guided tours, curriculum packets, teacher education programs, access to collections or informational programs related to special exhibits. Some museums and schools have developed deeper relationships in which each give and receive help carrying out their missions. I interviewed museum educators at nine museums in Portland and the surrounding areas. I asked questions regarding the types of programs available, especially focusing on programs suitable for school groups or those that might be helpful to teachers. The programs available in the Portland area vary by institution. Each museum, historic home or zoo offers unique programs on a variety of topics. While history predominates, science, math, social studies and art are readily available. Teachers should be able to supplement nearly any classroom topic. Teachers should take the time to get to know the educators in the institutions. Overall, the key for an individual teacher seeking museum education for students is to ask what is available. The programming at most institutions is flexible, especially when there are traveling or temporary exhibitions. Teachers should get onto mailing lists so they will be notified when special or new programs are available. Also, teachers need to keep in contact with the museum educators. Developing a personal relationship will prove invaluable for a teacher who is trying to fill a gap in a unit or supplement his or her curriculum. Museum educators will benefit from time spent analyzing where their current programs meet state guidelines or focusing planning on meeting specific state common curriculum goals (CCGs) when designing new programs. Schools are reorganizing their curriculum to meet state standards and museum personnel would be wise to do the same.
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Lynds, Susan E. "A multifaceted assessment of adult informal learning at the Hatfield Marine Science Center." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33948.

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Authentic assessment of visitor learning in museum settings is a challenging endeavor. Evaluation literature includes very few studies that link adult visitors' behavior to their learning. Multiple data collection methods in a naturalistic environment hold great promise for increasing understanding of informal public education. In 1997, Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) in Newport, Oregon, opened a new visitor center. This unique science museum was designed with strong educational goals in mind. The first gallery, the Pattern Garden, was intended to provide a framework of understanding that visitors would build on during their journey through the museum. The three main exhibits in this gallery include a touch pool with live tidepool animals, a sound exhibit with listening stations, and a water wheel that demonstrates chaos theory. This study is a summative evaluation of these three exhibits and their educational effectiveness, both individually and as part of the overall gallery. Data on exhibit holding power and visitor behavior were collected for this evaluation. The touch pool and the sound station were videotaped, while field notes were used to document holding power at the water wheel. In addition, a wireless microphone was mounted at the touch pool to document discussion between visitors and docents. Visitors who spent a minimum of ten seconds at each of the three exhibits were interviewed as they prepared to leave the museum. The interviewer asked the visitor to recall the Pattern Garden exhibits, with special attention to things they learned and associations they made to their daily lives. Both holding power and learning proved to be the greatest at the touch pool. Further investigations are indicated to isolate whether it was the content of the exhibit, the presence of a docent, or other factors that made it particularly effective. The water wheel's holding power was nearly as high as that of the touch pool, but visitor learning scores were lower. Interview data indicated that the complex, difficult nature of the chaos concept was partly responsible for the low educational results. The sound station resulted in moderate holding power and moderate learning. Difficulties and successes in the research design indicate important factors to consider for future evaluation studies at informal science learning centers.
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Bickford, Tyler. "Children's Music, MP3 Players, and Expressive Practices at a Vermont Elementary School: Media Consumption as Social Organization among Schoolchildren." Thesis, 2011. https://doi.org/10.7916/D800081S.

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Over the last generation changes in the social structure of the family and children's command of an increasing share of family spending have led marketers to cultivate children as an important consumer demographic. The designation "tween," which one marketer refers to as kids "too old for Elmo but too young for Eminem," has become a catchall category that includes kids as young as four and as old as fifteen. Music marketed to children--led by the Disney juggernaut, which promotes superstar acts such as the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus across television, radio, film, DVDs and CDs, and branded toys, clothing, and electronics--represents a rare "healthy" area of the music industry, whose growth has paralleled the expansion of portable media technologies throughout U.S. consumer culture. The increasing availability of portable media devices, along with the widespread installation of Internet terminals in schools and educators' turn toward corporate-produced "edutainment" for lessons, has reconfigured schools as central sites of children's media consumption. Off-brand MP3 players packaged with cheap and brightly colored earbuds have become more and more affordable, and marketers increasingly target kids with celebrity-branded music devices and innovations like Hasbro's iDog series of toy portable speakers, which fit naturally among children's colorful and interactive collections of toys. At the forefront of the "digital revolution, children are now active--even iconic--users of digital music technologies. This dissertation argues that tweens, as prominent consumers of ascendant music genres and media devices, represent a burgeoning counterpublic, whose expressions of solidarity and group affiliation are increasingly deferred to by mainstream artists and the entertainment industry. We appear to be witnessing the culmination of a process set in motion almost seventy years ago, when during the postwar period marketers experimented with promoting products directly to children, beginning to articulate children as a demographic identity group who might eventually claim independence and public autonomy for themselves. Through long-term ethnographic research at one small community of children at an elementary school in southern Vermont, this dissertation examines how these transformations in the commercial children's music and entertainment industry are revolutionizing they way children, their peers, and adults relate to one another in school. Headphones mediate face-to-face peer relationships, as children share their earbuds with friends and listen to music together while still participating in the dense overlap of talk, touch, and gesture in groups of peers. Kids treat MP3 players less like "technology" and more like "toys," domesticating them within traditional childhood material cultures already characterized by playful physical interaction and portable objects such as toys, trading cards, and dolls that can be shared, manipulated, and held close. And kids use digital music devices to expand their repertoires of communicative practices--like passing notes or whispering--that allow them to create and maintain connections with intimate friends beyond the reach of adults. Kids position the connections and interactions afforded by digital music listening as a direct challenge to the overarching goals around language and literacy that structure their experience of classroom education. Innovations in digital media and the new children's music industry furnish channels and repertoires through which kids express solidarity with other kids, with potentially transformative implications for the role and status of children's in their schools and communities.

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Middleton, Susan. ""Something generally happens" mapping young people's experiences of Constitution Hill." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20774.

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A research report submitted to the School of the Arts, Faculty of the Humanities University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Arts August 2015
South African heritage sites are places that have the potential to support curriculum learning outcomes, and visits to heritage sites are sometimes included in the school timetable. Learning in museums is difficult to quantify, but it has been suggested that “something generally [does] happen” during visits to cultural sites (Hooper-Greenhill 2007:47). The focus of this research report is Constitution Hill, which is a prominent feature in the heritage landscape of Johannesburg that focuses on the atrocities, and the injustices of the past, while strengthening understanding of democracy and human rights. This research report evaluates the experiences of learners from the Further Education and Training (FET) Phase visiting Constitution Hill and participating in the Saturday Workshops run by Constitution Hill Education Project and attempts to identify what is the ‘something’ that ‘generally happens’. The data was obtained through semi-structured, open-ended interviews with learners, educators and programme co-ordinators. The data was analysed using the Generic Learning Outcomes Model, an evaluation tool developed in the United Kingdom. The research report proposes, despite the best efforts of schools and educators, many learners, regardless of socio economic background, struggle with making connections between South African history and their own daily realities and that this may influence the value they place on their democratic rights. However, the dynamic interaction with Constitution Hill, provided by the Constitution Hill Education Project, resulted in shifts in attitudes and perspectives suggesting that the ‘something’ that happens is positive and potentially far reaching. This research report also reflects on the interpretive strategies that characterise the engagement at Constitution Hill.

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Rammapudi, Thatayamodimo Sparks. "The Botswana National Museum as an educational resource in public school classrooms." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4057.

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Museums and schools evolved as the definition of the concept of education to describe a lifelong process of developing knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that take place not only in the classroom, but also in a variety of formal and informal contexts and settings. In order to fulfil and extend the potential of the partnership, museum educators and school teachers should be assisted to develop a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the museum-school collaboration. They should learn the difference between museums and classrooms. When the Botswana National Museum was established in 1968, the Botswana government aspired to avail information relating to Botswana customs, indigenous knowledge system and values to Botswana‘s future citizens, with the hope that the information and artefacts collected at the time would retell the story of Botswana to learners and the public alike. The Botswana National Museum, through its educational programmes, has the capability to help educate learners; make teaching and learning an exciting undertaking; and provide the opportunities for hands-on activities and interaction with real objects. In order to address the research question posed for this study, the researcher conducted open-ended interviews with a sample comprising 40 participants: 10 teachers, 10 learners, 10 museum employees and 10 curriculum developers. The data collected from the interviews were decoded and presented in narrative form. The responses were presented using three identified categories: the curriculum development process in Botswana; the typical learner activities in the classroom and in the Botswana National Museum; and collaboration between the Botswana National Museum and schools. The data analysis revealed that the curriculum development process in Botswana was exclusively done by curriculum developers. Learners, teachers and museum employees were not involved. The Botswana National Museum‘s education programmes are not familiar to all role-players. All role-players were positive regarding a possible collaboration with the Botswana National Museum. Generic and specific recommendations were put forward to this end.
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Horgan, Jacqueline. "“I’m Ready for Scientifical Duty!” Young Museum Program Alumnus’ Orientations Towards Science." Thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-t30k-g824.

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Science education has maintained a longstanding goal of enhancing societal interest, values, and understandings of science. Despite a series of public education reforms and efforts by scientific researchers, scientific literacy and passion remain sparse across the American public. In fact, many students demonstrate a lack of interest in the sciences as early as first grade, with major drop-offs occurring by the age of 14. This is further exacerbated for youth of color, as science is deeply rooted in pervasive and institutionalized racism. When accessible, out-of-school science experiences are uniquely positioned to promote youth agency, leverage students’ current values, and challenge structural inequities. Therefore, this work sought to highlight the narratives of three young science learners who identify as youth of color and graduated from an eight-year-long museum science program. A narrative inquiry was implemented, guided by Critical Race Theory and Cultural Learning Pathways as frameworks. Data from semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and drawings provided insight into the students’ orientations towards science and the development of those orientations. The study took place during the Covid-19 outbreak. Implications of the pandemic on the study are discussed. Findings from the study suggest that students positively identify with science and feel at home in The Museum. It was also noticed, however, that the students maintained ideologies consistent with Western perspectives. Recommendations include creating homeplaces, making out-of-school learning more easily accessible, and creating justice-centered curricula.

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Magagula, Thabsile Nokulunga. "The role of children's homes in the educational performance of primary school learners in Mbabane, Swaziland." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19835.

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The study aims to explore the role of children’s homes in the educational performance of primary school learners. It employed qualitative approach which follows a case study design. It was conducted in three schools and children’s home. The participants consisted of six caregivers, six teachers and six learners whose responses were collected using in-depth interviews as an instrument. They were all purposefully selected as they possess information that is rich and relevant to my study. Participants were told that their interview was voluntary and they were free to withdraw at any time if they feel uncomfortable. The confidentiality in order to protect the identity of the participants was maintained. The data were collected by writing response from participants and using tape recorder. It was then transcribed, organised, marked by hand, and coded to produce themes. The major findings are that children’s homes can affect the performance negatively or positively; positively, if homes create enough time for children to study and have more access to people and resources in support of their studies and negatively in that there are numerous educational barriers that the caregivers in the children’s home face daily when it comes to assisting the orphaned and vulnerable learners in their school work. Based on the findings, the study gives a number of recommendations, namely, there is need to strengthen collaborative efforts between government and other non-governmental organisations to ensure increased availability of necessary resources to the orphaned and vulnerable learners; caregivers in children’s homes need to receive proper training and assistance in order to be able to handle the psychological difficulties experienced by the orphaned and vulnerable learners; education and legal campaigns must be put in place to eliminate stigma associated with orphan-hood.
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Lin, Aleck Chao-Hung. "Designing web sites for enjoyment and learning : a study of museum experiences." Phd thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146697.

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Abdelsadek, Nafisa. "The effects of social and political dislocation on Persianate children's literature : change and continuity." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4724.

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This thesis seeks to investigate the various forces that have shaped modern Persianate children‘s literature - history, revolution, political climate, government, institutions, writers, education, and so on. The historical origins of tales popular in modern times, and of themes recurrent in stories from past times to present are analyzed, along with other factors which have shaped Persianate children‘s literature. The thesis begins with a historical and theoretical overview relating to change and continuity in Persianate children‘s literature. It examines the influence of ancient texts on modern Persianate children‘s stories. The cultural development reflected in the organizational infrastructure of institutions is also examined, as well as other contemporary influences, both social and political, in order to assess how these have affected modern Persianate children‘s literature. The contents of children‘s books are analyzed from different aspects, including their representation of social values. Concerns of children themselves are shown in examples of their own work; in addition, works of illustrators of children‘s books, and examples from the extended body of Persianate children‘s literature in Tajikistan are analyzed. Modern children‘s literature is the product of a number of influences and while differences can be perceived between historical periods, underlying similarities can also be seen which show a continuity of socio-political purpose, either supporting the status quo or challenging it. The thesis is concerned with this interplay between the recurring uses of children‘s literature; moralistic, didactic, the political agenda of its authors, criticism of the status quo, etc. and the surface changes which attract attention and which create an appearance of change in its underlying purpose. Fashions and styles may change, but children still read, firstly in order to learn to read, and then for information and amusement. The author contends that, in reality a limited number of changes are possible in the purpose of children‘s literature, and the age-old arguments likewise continue about what those are: entertainment or preparation for the harsh realities of life, retreat into fantasy and acceptance of one‘s place or incitement to rebel and change the world.
Information Science
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Padayichie, Kumaree. "An investigation of children's aggression in the foundation phase : a socio-education perspective." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8572.

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This study served to highlight the aggressive nature of learners in the Foundation Phase, namely of those who are between the ages of 5 to 6 years. The project is based on qualitative research, and the data were collected from three primary schools in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Interviews were conducted with two principals, three educators and three parents. Four learners were used in order to gather further information on the causes of the aggressive behaviour of learners. Their input assisted the researcher to understand the various discipline structures within the school and also, how parents and educators manage the aggressive behaviour of learners. The study sought to identify whether primary and secondary socialisation, and the influence of the media are related to learners behaving aggressively. The information collected confirmed that children model the behaviour of adults and of their peers. The principals and the educators were of the opinion that positive primary socialisation is of the utmost importance, as it lays the foundation for future socialisation.
Educational Studies
M. Ed. (Socio-Education)

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Maluleka, John Shebabese. "Socio-educative implications of children's rights." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18103.

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Bilankulu, Hasani Justice. "An exploration of the teaching practices of education officers at a science centre in Pretoria, Gauteng Province." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26864.

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Abstract in English, Tswana and Xitsonga
Education officers based at science centres and museums play a significant role in teaching the visiting learners science. However, little is known about their teaching practices at these centres. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching practices of education officers when teaching science in a science centre environment. The focus of this study was on the education officers’ knowledge and instructional strategies used in teaching science at a science centre in Pretoria, Gauteng province. A qualitative case study approach was used. Data was collected from the three participating education officers using semi-structured interviews and observations. Data was analysed separately from each case using education officers’ knowledge framework guidance. The findings from this study indicate that although education officers have shown an adequate content knowledge in teaching science at the science centre their teaching method was teacher-centred and non-interactive and show-and-tell strategies were more common amongst the education officers. The study also revealed that education officers did not use their resources/exhibits effectively in teaching science. It is recommended in this study that intensive training of education officers is required before they can interact with the visiting learners.
Baokamedi ba thuto ba kwa mafelong a maranyane le dimusiamo ba tshameka karolo e e botlhokwa mo go ruteng barutwana ba ba etileng dithuto tsa maranyane. Mme goitsiwe go le gonnye ka mekgwa e ba e dirisang kwa mafelong a. Morero wa thuto e ne e le go tlhatlhoba mekgwa ya baokamedi ba thuto fa ba ruta dithuto tsa maranyane mo tikologong ya lefelo la maranyane. Ntlhakgolo ya thuto e e ne e lebile kitso le mekgwa e e dirisiwang mo go ruteng maranyane mo lefelong la maranyane kwa Pretoria, porofensing ya Gauteng. Mokgwa wa boleng ba kgetsi thuta o dirisitswe. Tshedimosetso e tserwe mo baokameding ba thuto ba bararo ba ba neng ba tsere karolo ka mokgwa wa dipotsolotso tsa seka-kago le tebelelo. Tshedimosetso e tlhatlhobilwe kgetsi le kgetsi go dirisiwa kgakololo ya lenaneo la kitso ya baokamedi ba thuto. Dipitlhelelo tsa thuto e di supa gore le ga baokamedi ba thuto ba bontsha kitso e e lekaneng mo go ruteng maranyane kwa lefelong la dithuto tsa maranyane mekgwa ya bone ya go ruta e ne e lebagane bone gape e sena kamano mo go dimo ga moo mekgwa ya go buwa le go bontsha e ne e le tlwaelo gareng ga baokamedi ba thuto. Thuto e bontshitse gape gore baokamedi ba thuto ba ne ba sa dirisi didiriswa ka natlafalo mo go ruteng maranyane. Kgakololo go tswa mo thutong eno ke gore baokamedi ba thuto ba tlhoka katiso e e utlwalang pele ba ka kopana le baithuti ba ba etang.
Vadyondzisi lava kumekaka eka ndhawu ya science na museum va tlanga xiphemu xa nkoka swinene eku dyondziseni ka vadyondzi lava va endzelaka ndhawu leyi. Hambi swiri tano, i swi ntsongo leswi tivekaka hi madyondziselo ya science eka ndhawu leyi. Xikongomelo nkulu xa dyondzo leyi akuri ku lavisisa tindlela ta madyondziselo ya vadyondzisi loko va dyondzisa tidyondzo ta science endhawini leyi ya tidyondzo science. Dyondzo leyi ayi kongomisiwile eka vutivi na tindlela leti vadyondzisi va letelaka ha kona vadyondzi edhawini leyi ya science ePitori, eka Xifundzha nkulu xa Gauteng. Maendlelo ya qualitative case study ya tirhisiwile eka vulavisisi lebyi. Vuxokoxoko byi hlengeletiwile ku sukela eka vadyodzisi vanharhu va science hi ndlela ya mbulavurisano na vulangutisisi bya vukheta swinene. Vuxokoxoko lebyi byi hleriwile hi ku hambana hambana hi kuya hi vutivi bya vadyondzisi lava vanharhu. Hambi leswi vadyondzisi lava va nga kombisa vutivi byo ringanela no twisisa tidyondzo ta science eka ndhawu leyi, swi kumekile leswaku madyodziselo ya vona aya pfumeleli vadyondzi ku va teka xiphemu eku tirhiseni ka swikombiso na switirhisiwa swo pfuneta ku twisisa tidyondyo ta science. Vadyondzisi a va tirhisa ndlela yo vulavula no komba switithisiwa na swikombiso swo pfuneta tidyondzo leti ehandle ko pfumelela vana ku tirhisa swilo leswi swa science. Ku yisa emahlweni, swi kumekile leswaku vadyondzisi a va tirhisi switirhisiwa kumbe swikombiso swo va pfuneta eka dyondzo ya science hi ku hetiseka. Hi ku landzelela dyondzo leyi, ku tsundzuxiwa leswaku vadyondzisi va kuma dyondzo yo enta no enela ku suka eka va vutivi byo antswa va nga si nyikiwa mpfumelelo wo dyondzisa vana tidyondzo ta science.
Science and Technology Education
M. Ed. (Specialisation in Natural Science Education)

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