Exploring Preservice Early Childhood Teachers’ Views on the Pedagogical Use of Museums
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The effective use of museums as educational settings depends largely on teachers’ competencies in this field. Accordingly, teacher education programs should aim to develop preservice teachers’ knowledge and skills related to museum-based learning. This study explored the views of preservice early childhood teachers on the pedagogical use of museums. A qualitative design was employed with a study group of 18 third-year students enrolled in the Early Childhood Education program at Kırıkkale University (14 female, 4 male), selected based on accessibility and motivation to participate. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers, which included open-ended questions focusing on lesson planning, field trip organization, and the selection of instructional strategies for museum-based education. Descriptive analysis was applied to the qualitative data. The findings indicated that most participants associated museum education with cultural heritage and tradition. Active participation, concrete experiences, and learning by doing were emphasized as key advantages, while challenges such as limited access to child-friendly museums and bureaucratic procedures for obtaining legal permissions were reported as disadvantages. These results highlight the need to strengthen preservice teachers’ knowledge and practical experience in designing effective museum-based lessons
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Museum-Based Education, Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers
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All procedures in this study, from its planning to implementation, from data collection to data analysis, were carried out in full compliance with the rules stated in the “Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive.” None of the actions defined under the second section of the directive, titled “Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics,” were engaged in. During the writing process of the study, the principles of scientific ethics and citation rules were observed, no falsification was made on the collected data, and this study has not been submitted to any other academic publication platform for evaluation.
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