Maria Dardanou

And Why Should I Go to the Museum?: the Museum As a Learning Arena for the Kindergarten. Examples from Norway and Greece Maria Dardanou

In the late decades, the use of the museum as a learning arena has increased in a considerable degree regarding preschool education, and many preschool teachers choose the museum as means for the purposes of their curriculum. Museum?s learning perspectives for preschool children have also been connected with different learning theories and practices. The book, therefore, provides the analysis of the concepts of kindergarten teachers in Norway and Greece in relation to the learning perspectives in the museum and concerning their national curriculum for the kindergarten. The analysis shows that participation of preschool children in museum educational programs provides positive learning impacts and should be especially useful for kindergarten teachers or anyone else who may be keen to the idea museum?s use as learning arena for preschool children.