Pedagogical potentials of a museum: Museum as an educational institution

U radu su analizirani pedagoški potencijali muzeja, a čiji se značaj prepoznaje u odgojno-obrazovnom radu škola. Primarni cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati mišljenja i iskustva učitelja i nastavnika OŠ i SŠ o korištenju potencijala i datosti muzeja u odgojno-obrazovne svrhe te utvrditi postoje li statistički značajne razlike u odgovorima ispitanika s obzirom na radno mjesto i godine nastavnog radnog staža u struci. Pored toga, cilj je bio otkriti prepreke s kojima se ispitanici susreću prilikom planiranja i osmišljavanja nastave u muzeju, utvrditi što smatraju prednostima učenja u muzeju te saznati što misle o navedenim prijedlozima pomoću kojih se mogla poboljšati i unaprijediti buduća suradnja. Podatci su prikupljeni uz pomoć online anketnog upitnika. Preduvjet za ispunjavanje je bio da ispitanik mora imati minimalno 5 godina nastavnog radnog staža u struci kako bi se dobili što vjerodostojniji podatci koji se neće oslanjati na trenutnu situaciju uzrokovanu pandemijom koronavirusa, već na iskustvo ispitanika. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 122 ispitanika – učitelja i nastavnika 5 OŠ i 5 SŠ na području gradova Metkovića i Zadra. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da učitelji i nastavnici prepoznaju ključne pedagoške potencijale muzeja, ali da se još uvijek bore s brojnim preprekama koje utječu na izostanak suradnje. To potvrđuje podatak da se oko 52% ispitanika u ovom istraživanju izjasnilo kako su dosad provodili nastavu u muzeju. Osim toga, rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da je prisutan velik interes od strane ispitanika koji žele raditi na poboljšanju suradnje s muzejima.This paper attempted to analyse pedagogical potentials of a museum whose importance can be recognized in educational work. The major aim of this thesis was to investigate beliefs and experiences of the primary and secondary school teachers regarding applying museum potentials to the educational purposes. This thesis aimed to show if there is any significant statistical variation in the answers provided by the participants with regards to their work place and time working as a teacher. Moreover, the goal of this paper was also to indicate the obstacles the teachers encountered while creating a lesson in the museum, as well as to indicate the benefits of learning in a museum. Likewise, it also investigated teachers' attitudes towards the given suggestions about the improvement and enhancement of future cooperation between museums and schools. In order to participate in this survey the participants had to have a minimum 5 years of experience working as a full-time teacher. This condition had to be fulfilled so as to get reliable results that were not affected by the current pandemic situation, but rather influenced by the work experience of the participants. Moreover, 122 teachers from 5 primary and 5 secondary schools from Metković and Zadar participated in this research. The results showed that the teachers recognize key museum pedagogical potentials but at the same time deal with a number of obstacles that result in the lack of the cooperation between schools and museums. Namely, only 52% of teachers attempted to teach in the museum. In addition, the results also indicated that the participants are really interested in improving their cooperation with the museums