Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MUSEUM MANAGEMENT AND CURATORSHIP, cilt.37, sa.1, ss.17-43, 2022 (AHCI)
Turkey incorporates museum education in its culture and education strategies in accordance with new approaches to museology. Under the "museum education" cooperation protocol signed between the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the "Museum Education Certification Programme" was launched by the Directorate-General for Teacher Training and Improvement with the aim of allowing teachers to employ museums as learning environments, supporting in-class learning with out-of-school environments notably including museums, and consolidating their learning outcomes in awareness, consciousness, and skills by carrying their in-class learning to more permanent learning environments. The cooperation protocol executed with the Department of Museum Education at Ankara University culminated in the preparation of training and sctivity books on museum education for teachers to incorporate in their curricula. Delivered to 630 teachers, the training programmes offered theoretical information and examples on the concepts of cultural heritage; approaches to museology and techniques employed in museum education; approaches for the development of museum programmes; and the use of technologies in museums, as well as relevant data on measurement and assessment. The study explains the process implemented for courses with examples and presents the monitoring results concerning the practices undertaken by participating teachers after the training.