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The museum experience from the perspective of the Contextual Model of Learning: an understanding from the long-term memories of the visitors
| Resumo: | This paper presents a case study that analyses the memories of a group of people that participated in an experience carried out in the museum space, after four years have elapsed. The aim of the research was to understand how the recovery of the visitants’ long-term memories, analysed from the perspective of the Contextual Model of Learning (CML), may contribute to the understanding of learning in museums. The recovery of memories was made by resorting to semi-structured interviews conducted (and audio-recorded) with seven students of Primary and Secondary Schools (14 to 16 years old), who had participated in 2009 in an experience in a science museum. Data were analysed by using a Discursive Textual Analysis methodology. We focused on elements related to the personal, physical and socio-cultural contexts of the CML, which emerged from the long-term memories of the subjects. Results point to the presence of eight key factors of the model, which highlight the complexity and richness of the museum experience. The insight into these key factors of the CML, as well as into the relationships between them, enables the qualification of the organization and the analysis of the learning occurring in non-formal education settings. |
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| Autores principais: | Souza, Vanessa Martins de |
| Outros Autores: | Silva, Ana Maria Marques da |
| Assunto: | recuperação de memórias aprendizagem em museus de ciências Modelo Contextual de Aprendizagem recuperación de memorias aprendizaje en los museos de ciencias Modelo Contextual de Aprendizaje recovery of memories learning in science museums Contextual Model of Learning |
| Ano: | 2016 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Indagatio Didactica |
| Resumo: | This paper presents a case study that analyses the memories of a group of people that participated in an experience carried out in the museum space, after four years have elapsed. The aim of the research was to understand how the recovery of the visitants’ long-term memories, analysed from the perspective of the Contextual Model of Learning (CML), may contribute to the understanding of learning in museums. The recovery of memories was made by resorting to semi-structured interviews conducted (and audio-recorded) with seven students of Primary and Secondary Schools (14 to 16 years old), who had participated in 2009 in an experience in a science museum. Data were analysed by using a Discursive Textual Analysis methodology. We focused on elements related to the personal, physical and socio-cultural contexts of the CML, which emerged from the long-term memories of the subjects. Results point to the presence of eight key factors of the model, which highlight the complexity and richness of the museum experience. The insight into these key factors of the CML, as well as into the relationships between them, enables the qualification of the organization and the analysis of the learning occurring in non-formal education settings. |
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