COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN MUSEOLOGY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 4031 EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN MUSEOLOGY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BANU ÇULHA ÖZBAŞ

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce students to learning environments in museums, museum-based learning theories and to enable students to understand the importance of museums as learning environments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develop thinking skills that will help them to make a museum based currucula
2   Develop communication skills that will assist them and their future students in understanding their world and their roles as learner of museum
3   Learn planning and assessment procedures for effective, integrated, and functional museum plans
4   Develop skills in utilizing instruments for teaching object based learing in the elementary and secondary classroom.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Museums and learning basic concepts
2 Learning from museums: An introduction
3 Museum education and the personal context
4 Museum education and the sociocultural context
5 Museum education and the physical context
6 Communities of learing in museums
7 Museum education learing practices
8 Mid-term exam
9 Documenting learing from museums
10 Making museums better learing experiences
11 Making museums better learing experiences
12 Object-based learning
13 Object-based learning
14 Museums in the larger society
15 Final

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

Lecture, cooperative learning, creative drama

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated through a midterm and a final exam. There is no special evaluation method other than these.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70 percent of the lectures is compulsory. Other than that, there is no special policy for the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.culha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Case study 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 103

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.154555
LO.255545
LO.34455
LO.44555