Active methodologies to connect museums with teacher training: design of didactic resources for primary education in collaboration with the museums of the Region of Murcia

Abstract

This text sets out the methodology used in the innovation project entitled "Design of teaching resources for primary education in collaboration with the museums of the Region of Murcia", awarded in the Call to promote projects and actions for innovation and improvement at the University of Murcia for the 2022/2023 academic year, which has been developed in the subject "Museums and exhibitions as educational proposals" of the Degree in Primary Education at the University of Murcia.

The connection between formal and non-formal education in the field of artistic and/or heritage education is a field that has generated numerous research projects and experiences. However, in certain contexts there are still not adequate methodologies to establish collaborative networks between formal educational bodies (schools, universities...) and non-formal spaces, such as museums.

Thus, this text sets out the methodological proposal used in this project, based on Project Based Learning, the aim of which was to favour the connection between teacher training and museums. The aim of this initiative would be for students to develop a contextualised didactic experience in a museum in their environment, thus obtaining proposals in which, in turn, innovative methodologies would be promoted in order to motivate students' interest in museums and the heritage of their immediate context.