| Course Unit Title | MUSEUM EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS |
| Course Unit Code | MED122 |
| Course Unit Details | |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 |
| | Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:- Define and contrast the basic principles and the meaning of Museum Education and the applications of Museum Education in teaching.
- List the purposes of Museum Education.
- Discuss and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the integration of museum education in pre-primary schools, and recognize the importance of it in contemporary society.
- Identify the problems that schools are facing in the application of museum education in teaching.
- Describe ways that will help the integration of museum education in the Cypriot educational system.
- Analyze the role of the teacher in the promotion of museum education in schools.
- Distinguish the basic steps for the preparation of a visit at a museum.
- Create and apply educational programs at museums for pre-primary school children.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE |
| Recommended optional program components | NONE |
| Course Contents | - Theory for the meaning, the basic principles, the application and the purpose of Museum Education in education.
- Pedagogical theory of Museum Education in Pre-primary Education.
- Educational programs for Museum education. Different categories of museums.
- Methodological and educational approaches for Museum Education.
- The role of the monuments/ art works in society.
- Presentation of Cypriot and European artists through their art works. Illustration of the aesthetical and plastic characteristics of the art works.
- Visits at museums, galleries and archeological places.
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| Recommended and/or required reading: |
| Textbooks | - Άλκηστις (1996). Μουσεία και σχολεία, δεινόσαυροι και αγγεία. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα.
- Βέμη, Μπ. – Νάκου, Ε. (2010). Μουσεία και Εκπαίδευση. Αθήνα: Νήσος.
- Δεληγιάννης, Δ. (2001). Περί μουσείων. Σημειώσεις για το μάθημα Μουσειακή Εκπαίδευση. Τμήμα προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης. Βόλος: Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας
- Καλούρη – Αντωνοπούλου, Ρ. & Κάσσαρης, Χ. (1988). Το Μουσείο ως μέσο τέχνης και αγωγής. Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης.
- Νάκου, Ε. (2001). Μουσεία: Εμείς, τα πράγματα και ο πολιτισμός. Αθήνα: Νήσος.
- Hein, G. (1998). Learning in the Museum. London: Routledge.
- Hooper-Greenhill, E. (1989). Initiatives in Museum Education. Leicester: Department of Museums Studies, University of Leicester.
- Hooper-Greenhill, E. (1989). Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge. London/New York: Routledge.
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| References | - Gombrich, E., (2004). Ιστορία της Τέχνης, Αθήνα: Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τράπεζας.
- Δάλκος, Γ. (2000). Σχολείο και μουσείο. Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης.
- Κόκκινος, Γ. & Αλεξάκη, Ε. (2002). Διεπιστημονικές προσεγγίσεις στη Μουσειακή Αγωγή. Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο.
- Νικονάκου, Ν. (2010). Μουσειοπαιδαγωγική. Από την θεωρία στην πράξη. Αθήνα: Πατάκης
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The teaching of the lesson consists of face-to-face lectures of theoretical context and personal or group written essays, presentations of written works, discussions, visits at museums/galleries or archeological places, demonstration of art works.
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| Assessment methods and criteria | | Written Essay & presentation of it in the classroom | 20% | | Test | 20% | | Plan of practical Activity | 10% | | Final Exam | 50% |
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| Language of instruction | Greek |
| Work placement(s) | NO |
