The purpose of art is to wash away the dust of everyday life from our souls.

Pablo Picasso.

Some Intro

Museum education is a set of values, concepts, knowledge and practices, in order to develop the research approach and give the desire to learn more.

If the school and the museum are complementary in terms of learning, the specificity of each makes the child pass from the student's place to the visitor.

Creating a museum in a classroom; allows students time to provoke, perceive and exchange ideas as they are free to act, speak, touch, play, plan.All these actions create a need for them to learn.

This course is introducing participants to different ways of teaching and encouraging kids to express themselves creatively as well as work together as a team.

Students learn by observing, imitating, and watching their peers; they compare the different handling modes, sometimes choosing the one they prefer and waiting their turn to act.

Students learn by working together. Indeed, the student creates with others, this way is richer, but also the hardest for the student to find his place in the game of the project. The learner often looks at others before acting. Then he will contact his fclassmates to arrange the game and face them. Exchanging ideas and respecting are essential elements.

Participants will be involved in an active learning process combining personal experience and self expression in order to make this course the reason for a fresh start to new multiple ways of teaching art to children. Εxperiential and collaborative learning process, practical and theoretical learning activities will be the trigger of an innovative school.

By the end of this course participants will learn how to improve their own creative attitude, how to help kids express their feelings and thoughts as well as further themselves through the world of a museum. They will learn how to combine art theory and practice within the context of an innovative way of learning. What we are looking for is imagination, teamwork and creativity.

Who is this course for

This course is for educators and teachers of all levels (kindergarten, primary, high school) , artists, museum workers/curators, trainers in formal and non-formal education, VET teachers, educational administrative staff, and headteachers

Description

This course is a way for promoting the idea of creating a project of museum in school context. Encouraging teachers to adopt this project in order to help their students create a full experience of learning.

When this program is completed, the participants will have the opportunity to realize the importance of the pedagogical role of the Museums and be able to organize an educational visit to a museum. The course is structured on exploring the benefits of formal and informal learning, using pedagogical methodologies to planning investigations, analyze and interpret the results.

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Improve their teaching in museums and encourage the collaboration between schools and Museums.
• Develop pedagogical methodologies for producing and apply knowledge by schools and museums.
• Support teachers to encourage the creativity of their pupils.
• Discover how the objects may help in education and get familiar with different methods of learning, such as exploratory learning.
• Organize lessons using the informal teaching method in a museum.

Methodology

• Lectures, exercises, discussions, teamwork, role-playing, study visits.
• experiential and collaborative learning process

Agenda/Course schedule

Day 1 

• Introductory meeting, explanation of practical arrangements, presentation of timetable, information about course venue.
• Icebreakers, Introduction to the Course
• Learning in Museums.
• Learning with Objects.

Day 2

• Learning with Objects at the Diachronic Museum of Larissa in the city. (Case study)
• Schools and Museums working together.

Day 3

Project case studies in a Museum.

• Hands-on activities

Day 4 

• Educational programs and laboratories at Museum in the city of Larisssa

Day 5

• Educational programs in virtual museums.
• Working on projects in groups.
• Finalizing work on projects.
• Projects presentations.
• Course Evaluation
• Certifications

05.06 - 09.06.2023 Larissa

21.08 - 25.08.2023 Larissa                     

13.11 - 17.11.2023 Larissa