Learning in a museum
Factors that increase opportunities for learning
This is the easiest way to students:
recognize
analyze
interpreters
recorded
photographed
record
discuss
searching
Museums inspire
Museums:
• Inspire learners across all age ranges
• Are sites of enhanced achievement, going beyond what learners think they can do
• Engage both boys and girls
• Stimulate vulnerable pupils and those that find learning difficult
• Target and motivate disadvantaged individuals and groups effectively
• Provide resources for all curriculum areas, and for inter-disciplinary themes
• Respond effectively to primary, secondary curricula
• Complement formal education
Learning outcomes for pupils
• Increased understanding of connections between subjects
• Increased learning across subjects
• Increased cultural understanding
• Increased ability to work with others
• Ability to make informed choices beyond and within planned experiences
• Increase in self-confidence and self-esteem for children
• Increased cultural understanding and respect and tolerance for others
• Fulfilment and satisfaction from achievement for children
• Increased involvement in class, school or community events
Learning context
Students become...
by Aleksandra Danilović