The exhibits’ educational values as bridges for their connection with science education and the design of educational programs

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Published: Sep 19, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.34957
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Archaeological museum science education exhibits' educational values bridges
Athina - Christina Kornelaki
University of Ioannina
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-083X
Abstract

The present paper investigates ways of bridging non-scientific museum collections with scientific concepts, analyzing their exhibits’ educational values, and identifying explicit or implicit bridges between the exhibits and the scientific topics which correspond to the first grades of education. In this context, recent international research is presented as well as the results of previous research by the authors, both for the identification of bridges as well as their utilization in the design of science education programs for pre- and primary school students. More specifically, the case of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is described and the analysis of its exhibits as well as an example of a science education program implemented there. The bridges identified concern three of the four main topics of the science education curriculum in preschool education, living organisms, objects and materials, concepts, and phenomena from the natural world.

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