Browsing by Author "Tiina, Junni"

Tiivistelmä - Referat – Abstract Aim The aim of this literature review was to clarify the role museums have as handicraft learning environments, especially from the perspective of teaching design. This survey’s theoretic framework focuses on essential concepts such as the learning environment, holistic craft and handicrafts using different materials. In this survey, I examined the concepts from the point of view of both preschool- and primary school curriculum and from the perspective of previous surveys. There have been many surveys conducted concerning museums as learning environments but relatively few concerning museums as environments specifically for the teaching of handicrafts. Methods The subject material was collected from the archives and data available on the finna.fi website, Google Scholar search engine and Google free word search. Addition data was also found in the bibliographic information of previous articles and works. I utilised systematic literature reviews in compiling the data for this survey. I also used data based content analysis to analyse the data. Results The results of this survey confirm the results from previous surveys, that museums are well suited as places for children to visit and learn about handicrafts. Museums completement pre- and primary school environments as alternative learning environments. However, the full potential of museums as comprehensive learning environments is not seldom fully exploited. Museum visits are loosely linked to the curriculum whit the result that they often remain “detached” from other education. In order to gain the greatest benefits from a museum field trip, would be to plan the trip thoroughly beforehand, prepare pre- and post- assignments, and together with the entire class, to process what the pupils saw and experienced.