COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSEUM EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBD 5017 MUSEUM EDUCATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CENK KEŞAN

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Educational Sciences
Geography Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Special Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
German Language Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is; to explain the basic concepts related to museum and museum education in the historical process and to understand the role of museums in the preservation and transfer of cultural heritage by revealing the relation between museum-society, museum-art, museum-culture and civilization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Through reading assignments, discussions, and class activities students will: To be able to express basic concepts about museums and museology,
2   To be able explain the relationship between museum-art, museum-society, museum-culture,
3   To be able to grasp the contribution of history of museum education to history,
4   To be able to understand the development of museums in the world and Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Description and characteristics of the museum
2 Museum types
3 Basic concepts of museum and museum education
4 The historical development of museums in Turkey
5 Historical development of museology in the world
6 Relation of Museum and art
7 Relation of Museum and society
8 Mid-term exam
9 Relation of Museum and society
10 Relation of Museum and education
11 Relation of Museum,culture and civilation
12 Benefit of museum for historical understanding
13 Museums and teaching cultural heritage
14 Approaches of contemporary museology
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Marstine, Janet (2005) New Museum Theory and Practice Blackwell: Oxford.
Weil, Stephen (2002) Making Museums Matter Smithsonian: Washington

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussing, question-answer, demostration, lecturing, excursion, observation, cooperative learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.culha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.145
LO.244
LO.334
LO.434