역사박물관 학예사의 박물관 교육 운영과 실천

Abstract

This study investigated how curators of history museums perceived museums and museum education and how curators operate the education program. Furthermore, this study investigated what factors influenced the curators' perception and practice using in󰠏depth interview and participant observation. In the result of study, it was found that various factors influenced the perception and practice of curators. Factors such as major, career, individual faith, experience, interest, and museum situation, are revealed in the museum through the interaction among them. The study participants thought of museum education as a part of ‘history education’. However, the education purposes they perceived were different because of their different majors and careers. As the study participants perceived the framework of museum education within ‘history education,’ they regarded the history content knowledge and understanding of museum collection as necessary knowledge. The history content knowledge they thought of as important included the basic concept and principle of history, academic structure of history, and attitude of historians, not just historic knowledge. They also thought that there was need to fully understand the materials the museum possessed as well as exhibits. To realize educational purpose of museums, they wanted to design a ‘systematic education course,’ constructed the eduction into ‘theme󰠏centered learning’ and ‘figure learning’ based on ‘learners’ development stage’ and used the teaching & learning method where ‘lecture method,’ ‘manufacturing learning,’ and ‘experience learning,’ are appropriately mixed. However. their practice aspects were different according to their career, major, museum situation, individual experience and faith and there were cases that were practiced differently from actual planning intention. Despite the practical efforts of them, they felt difficulties according to career, major, and museum situation. These give some implication about education for museum education curators. In the process of museum re󰠏education, the characteristics of museums and career and major of curators should be considered. The education for curators should be different depending on if they are beginners or experienced curators, if their major is education or history󰠏related or others, if the museum is national or private museum, and if the museum is large or small. First, the beginners should receive separate education for museum collection from the museum. The beginners want to realize the museum education that they have been thinking based on theoretical experience. Therefore, if museums need to suggest new theoretical experience to them, the museums should prepare the education that enables curators to discuss the identity of the museums and education purpose within the museums. Second, Even if beginner majored in pedagogy, there is a need to share the cases of experienced curators who have steadily developed the programs in one museum for more than 5 years. Through such indirect experiences, they can accumulate indirect career. And education curators need to improve the education program for a long time in one museum rather than changing their museum. Also, the museums should make an environment where curators always can receive educational and content󰠏wise advices by constructing an education program advisory panel to steadily increase the professionalism of the curators who did not major in education rather than persisting with only education majors. In addition, it is also desirable to open an education theory re󰠏education course.