Museum educational hours – from the time of our grandparents (MUZEJSKE UČNE URE - Učne ure naših babic in dedkov)

Project Number: SLO3

Country: Republic of Slovenia (Ljubljan

Institutions/Departments: Slovenski školski muzej / Slovenian School Museum

URL: http://www.ssolski-muzej.si/eng/

Publication/Material: http://www.ssolski-muzej.si/eng/pedagogueactivity.php

Project leader and contact person: Museum curators, solski.muzej@guest.arnes.si

Duration: 1999 - ongoing

Short Description:

Since 1999, the Slovenian School Museum in Ljubljana has conducted intensive programs that provide visitors of all ages with the unique experience and atmosphere of the “old school.” The curator organizes visitors into school classes, and then leads them through different historical periods, during which they must actively participate in implementing lessons. Participation is thus a mixture of spontaneous learning and entertainment.

Drawing on content from past curricula for particular age groups, curators write lesson scenarios and prepare the programme together with teachers. Younger visitors use the experience to compare present and past ways of teaching, while older visitors often nostalgically remember their own school days. During the school year 2018/19, the museum prepared lessons with ethnological content drawn from several historical periods, for example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of SHS (Kingdom of Srbs, Croats and Slovenes) and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Through practical engagement, lessons entitled Lessons of our grandmothers and grandfathers, Lessons from 1865, etc. acquaint children with elements of traditional culture and with the everyday life of their peers.

Implementation: since 1999

Target Group(s), age & context: children age 6-15, teachers, kindergarten educators, primary, secondary and boarding schools.

Approach/Method: seminars

Type: seminars

Funding: The Museum (open for all), schools (tickets for participants)

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