Abstract

LOPES, Thamiris  and  CARVALHO, Cristina. Young children's education in museums of art, science and history. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2021, vol.37, e76182.  Epub May 20, 2021. ISSN 1984-0411.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.76182.

This article is the doctoral research result used to investigate the Early Childhood Education public in art, science, and history museums. We present part of the research findings concerning how children react to this experience. To this end, we prioritized the qualitative research approach, with field research carried out in museums of different types located in Rio de Janeiro. We used an online questionnaire, observation, interview, and document analysis were used as methodological tools to carry out the study. The reflection on human formation, based on experiences amid the culture and cultural, artistic, and aesthetic manifestations were based on authors’ theoretical perspectives in the Education, Childhood, Aesthetics, and Museology fields that contributed to the theoretical construct of research. The results show that the children's experience in the museum constituted the interaction with others (peers, mediators, teachers) and the manifestations, records, and celebration of the different ways of living and being in the world. It is concluded that, through appropriate mediations and educational activities, museums can be understood as a means — experimental and creative — beneficial to promote children the encounter with culture.

Keywords : Childhood; Early Childhood Education; Museums.

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