COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW APPROACHES IN MUSEUM EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 6069 NEW APPROACHES IN MUSEUM EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course, an introduction to theory and practice of visitor engagement in the free-choice and life-long learing environment of museum. Students explore learing styles and characteristics of various audiences, including families, teens, people with disables, early learners and adults and consider their motivations,expectations and needs when in museums.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Explain the relationship between museum learning, life-long learning and free-choice learning.
2   2. Evaluation the new approaches of museum learning.
3   3. Explore learing styles and characteristics of various audiences, including families, teens, people with disables, early learners and adults.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theorical framework about learing in the museum
2 6P in museum education
3 6P in museum education
4 New approaches in museum education
5 New approaches in museum education
6 New approaches in museum education
7 Preparing lesson plans for museum education
8 Midterm exam
9 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
10 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
11 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
12 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
13 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
14 Planing, evaluating and raporting musuem learning.
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Falk, J., Moussouri, T. & Coulson, D. (1998). The effect of visitor s agendas on museum learning. Curator, 41 (2), 107 -120. Falk, J., H.(1999). Museums as institutions for personal learning. Daedalus, 128(3), 259. Falk, J.; Moussouri, T. & Coulson, D. (1998). The effect of visitor s agendas on museum learning. Curator, 41 (2), 107 -120. Falk, J., H., Dierking, L.,D. (1997). School field trips: Assessing their long-term impact. Curator, 40 (3), 11-18. Gaskins, S. (2007). Cultural play and learning in children s museums. Hand to hand, 22 (4), 7-8. USA: American Association of Museums.
Greenhill, H., E. (2007). Museums and education. purpose, pedagogy, performance. London: Routledge.
Lord, B. (2007). What is museum-based learning . In Barry Lord (Ed.), The manuel of museum learning (p.13-19). New York: AltaMira Press.
Nuzzaci, A. (2006). General education and museum education: Between singularity and plurality. Revista complutense de education, 17 (1), 65-75.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

seminer, brain storming, group works, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks and presentations, discussions, studying the research results and practices, evaluation of the written articles, exams etc

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

wednesday 12:00-13:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing report 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.24
LO.3545

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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