Effectiveness of school lessons from the past as living forms of museum education for university students

Abstract

Museums engage in different forms of education, not just exhibitions but workshops, school lessons, etc. Simulating school lessons from the past constitutes a type of non-formal education, yet evaluating their effectiveness is an area that hardly ever attracts research. This qualitative study seeks to respond to this paucity. The article uses the Slovenian School Museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia as an example and describes the forms of education it offers. The study's purpose is to determine the effectiveness of two school lessons, the participants’ satisfaction with them, what they learned etc. A questionnaire given to the participant university students from Slovenia and abroad was used to evaluate the two lessons. The study's findings show the lessons conducted in this manner are an effective, living and active way of educating about the past. The findings are valuable for supporting efforts to improve the quality of museum education in the future.

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