Learning at the Museum / Učenje u muzeju

Abstract

Abstract
Museums are informal environments for learning, where learning is truly initiated and processed through curiosity, observation and the activity. This kind of a learning process can be different from the processes in formal learning surroundings. A special opportunity offered by the museums is the experimental nature of learning which is based on encounters with actual objects. In informal environments the cognitive and the affective learning are connected and can upgrade each other. The aim of this study was to explore students' opinions about learning at the museum, the efficiency of this kind of work and the positive connotations to children's education. The effect of the "gender" variable at forming the attitude was also explored. The number of the participants in this research was 380 students of which 140 were male and 240 were female students. The students generally highly valued the importance of this kind of learning, and they consider it efficient, and thus a necessary part of the students' education. The results gained in this way should promote and encourage the expansion of cooperation between museums and educational institutions.
Key words: education; pupil; student; teaching

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Sažetak 

Muzeji su neformalna okruženja za učenje, u kojima je učenje istinski motivirano i procesirano preko znatiželje, promatranja i raznih aktivnosti. Proces takva učenja može biti drugačiji od procesa učenja koje vežemo uz formalna okruženja. Posebna prilika koju muzeji nude jest eksperimentalna priroda učenja koja se temelji na susretima sa stvarnim objektima. U neformalnim okruženjima kognitivno i afektivno učenje su povezani i mogu se nadograditi. Cilj ovog rada bio je istražiti stavove studenata o učenju u muzeju, njegovoj učinkovitosti i pozitivnim konotacijama na odgoj i obrazovanje djece. Istraživan je utjecaj varijable spola na oblikovanje stavova. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 380 studenata, od toga 140 muškaraca i 240 žena. Studenti su visoko ocijenili značaj takva načina učenja, smatraju ga učinkovitim i potrebnim u odgoju i obrazovanju učenika. Dobiveni rezultati trebali bi aktualizirati temu poticanja sveobuhvatnije suradnje muzeja i odgojno-obrazovnih ustanova.

Ključne riječi: obrazovanje, podučavanje, studenti, učenici