Effect of Museum Education on Teaching Extinct Animals Lived in Anatolia to Pre-School Children

Analysing School-Museum Relations to Improve Partnerships for Learning: A Case Study

“…Türkiye'de müze eğitimiyle ilgili çalışmalar sınırlı sayıda olsa da mevcuttur (Örnek: Çıldır ve Karadeniz, 2014;Dilmac, 2016;Işık, 2013;Şahan, 2005;Taş, 2012;Taşdemir, Kartal ve Özdemir, 2014). Dilli ve Bapoğlu Dümenci (2015) çalışmalarında müzelerin toplumdaki önemli yerine değinirken, müze eğitiminin ise ülkemizde daha aktif hale gelebilmesi için bu eğitimin erken yaşlarda başlaması gerektiğine dikkat çekmiştir. Tüm bu çalışmalar, öğretmen eğitiminde müzelerin önemi ve Türkiye'de müzelere okul gezileri düzenlerken çıkan sorunların belirlenmesinde çok değerli bulgular sağlamaktadır.…”

An alternative educational method in early childhood: Museum education

“…The program was effective in enhancing children"s knowledge and awareness about the issue. Dilli and Dümenci (2015) in their experimental study with a control group, investigated effects of museum education on cognitive skills of 6-year-old children in a state kindergarten about extinct animals which once lived in Anatolia. They found that knowledge of the experimental group significantly increased.…”

“…Education directed towards senses and providing children with opportunities to encounter different objects give significant support for their development. Therefore, one of the most effective ways to equip preschool children with appropriate skills is museum education (Dilli and Dümenci, 2015). Akman et al (2015) found that although preschool education teachers believed that museum education was necessary, they were not found to be competent enough in use of museums as educational environments.…”