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The construction of Athens Metro undoubtedly constitutes a great project for the city of Athens, since its main aim was the improvement of citizens’ quality of life. What makes this project unique, however, is that through the completion of the largest archaeological excavation, that has taken place, so far in the Athenian subsoil new findings were revealed which revise, reconstruct and complete the existing knowledge about the History of city. The great value of this project lies, also, in the fact that the new knowledge was directly provided for everyone through the creation of permanent museum exhibitions in stations with the discovered artifacts. Besides, the exhibitions of ancient artifacts, there has been a considerable effort in the aesthetic framing of the stations, of Athens Metro, with works of art by contemporary Greek artists. The purpose of the present study was to explore public attitudes and perceptions of the permanent museum exhibitions, at five stations of Athens Metro, that is Syntagma, Monastiraki, Akropoli, Evangelismos and Egaleo. The study was realized, on a sample, of 194 passengers/visitors of the permanent exhibitions and 234, 7th and 8th graders, from 2 public secondary schools of Athens. Through the present study, it became clear, that the public has positively accepted the idea of exhibiting antiquities and works of contemporary Greek art in the stations. The results of the study revealed, both positive and negative elements of interpretive planning of permanent exhibitions and raised questions, about redesigning and improving the communication and educational policy, that is implemented in the exhibition areas of the Athens Metro.
Eirini Remboutsika
Irene Nakou
Museums, nowadays, seek out to use more effective ways to communicate with the public and to attract new groups of visitors. Their strategy is to “get out of the museum”, to come closer to society by implementing various programs of approach. One type of these programs that belongs to the forms of indirect communication, according to Nikonanou (2010: 94-95), is the museum’s loan kit. Loan kits are suitcases or boxes that are lent to schools or to other educational institutions. In addition to informative material and games, the museum loan kits contain copies of museum exhibits, and, in certain cases, they contain authentic museum exhibits. In the dissertation, it was attempted the planning of material for a museum loan kit with thematic units that reconstruct aspects of life in ancient Macedonia. A review of the Greek experience with regard to the planning and the implementation of museum loan kits was considered a part of great importance. Data presented from 102 museum loan kits that come from 29 museums and other similar institutions from all over Greece. It was attempted a categorization of these museums and institutions on the basis of their names and the content of their collections. The planning of the museum loan kit was presented in detail and also are presented its thematic units which are based on the exhibition units of the museum’s collections about “Macedonia from the 7th c. BC until the late antiquity”. The principles for planning the museum loan kit are presented next, and then, proposals are made concerning its use for educational purposes.
Eumorfia Tsiamagka
Niki Nikonanou
This paper presented a study on school museum education. The paper investigated on pupils’ beliefs and perceptions for the museum and the related experience acquired and seeks answers to how effective specific museopaidagogical actions could be for a change of these beliefs and perceptions. The specific aim of the study was to determine whether an educational program, using various ICT tools and exhibition curating for showing how a museum is set up and functions, could affect primary school pupils’ beliefs.The theoretical background of this study was the relationship between school and museums, as well as educational actions and programmes developed thereof. The categories of pupils’ beliefs and perceptions for museums and the related experience were shaped in the light of international studies, carried out by museums for determining the corresponding beliefs and perceptions of the general public.
The results of the study show that specific museopaidagogical actions and programs could be very effective in changing pupils’ beliefs and perceptions and they underline the significance of incorporating such actions in school curricula as an organic part of a broader cultural education.
http://estia.hua.gr/browse/8330
Ioanna Grapsa
Irene Nakou
The present study belongs to the field of the historical learning and the Museum Education, referring to the modern approach of Local History with a focus on museum educational programs. Its aim was the introduction of the first table game training activities referred to the historical places of the city in the educational program of the Museum of National Resistance Volos. This educational game “In the streets of resistance” was designed, implemented and evaluated in detail. The particular game was incorporated to the homonymous educational program of the Museum of the academic year 2013-14 and carried out by groups of students and primary school pupils. The resulting data set studied quantitatively and qualitatively to lead to positive conclusions on the learning outcomes of its implementation.
https://ir.lib.uth.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11615/49131/13956.pdf?seque…
Anastasia Sotiriou
Irene Nakou
Student:
Dafni Saragiwti
Supervisor:
Irene Nakou
The aim of the study was to document the educational worksheets that are used by the Museums from the wide area of Volos. After the worksheets were found, they were evaluated in order to certify that they were designed according to pedagogical criteria which prepare educational worksheets. During the study, six worksheets were evaluated. They came from tree Museums and one archaeological site. The analysis was based on the scheme of critical evaluation of school textbooks (Matsaggouras & Helmis, 2003). The scheme was changed in order to fit to the needs of the study. The results show that the design of the educational worksheets was not based on pedagogical criteria. The analysis is followed by suggestions for improving these worksheets.
https://ir.lib.uth.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11615/42995/12539.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Dafni Saragiwti
Irene Nakou
The aim of the present thesis was to investigate the contribution of museums in the inclusion of refugees and migrants as a result of the social role of the former. It is quite crucial for the museums to abolish past practices, such as the exclusion of culturally diverse groups, by establishing a new approach through intercultural dialogue: art and culture. Migrants and refugees being treated as equals by museums seems to be quite high on the agenda of modern museology. Taking into account the abovementioned observations as well as a series of existing good practices for refugees’ inclusion that were put into practice at national and European level, the present study focused on the work of the three Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (Metropolitan Organization of Museums, MOMus). Specifically, the activities of the museums have been explored since 2015,regarding their social role and the inclusion of refugees and migrants in the museums’ policy for communication, education and exhibition in general. In that context, semi-structured interviews (SSIs) were conducted with the responsible persons for Educational Programs of MOMus in order to document their views and experience. The resulting data indicate that MOMus face a variety of challenges being responsible for themuseums’ limited activity. Particularly, MOMus-Museum of Modern Art exhibited less activity compared to the other museums. Understaffing of MOMus demands for immediate actions, such as hiring knowledgeable staff, whereas underfunding and lack of co-ordination between the partner organizations are some of the problems that need to be critically addressed. Nevertheless, MOMusmanage to incorporate various good practices in their action plans, including utilization of art and culture, intercultural dialogue and establishment of a safe environment that encourages expression and creativity; that way the approach of culturally diverse groups and their participation in museums’ activities are ensured.
Key-words: Museums, Social Role, Inclusion, Refugees/Migrants, MOMus, Intercultural Dialogue, Social Exclusion.
http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/320996/files/GRI-2020-28460.pdf
Katerina Arampatzi
Niki Nikonanou
This thesis deals with a community of third aged women during a participatory action of co-creation, which through drama techniques used frequently by the museum theatre, leads to the formation of a theatre performance about the Alatza Imaret monument. Particularly, this thesis studies the total experience of the community and its characteristics, the learning and social outcomes, the relationship between the community and the monument and the way the community interprets the cultural heritage. This is a qualitative study and more specifically a case study which collects its data through observation and semi-structured interviews and analyses them based on the thematic analysis method. The whole study is based on theoretical approaches and examples of museum programs related to the concept of the Participatory Museum, the social role of the museums and the engagement of different communities as well as the museum theatre as a useful interpretative tool in the environment of contemporary museums. The outcomes of the study confirm outcomes of related studies in the field and showcase the value of similar actions through the benefits towards the community and the person.
Key Words: participatory museum, community and museum, museum education, museum theatre
http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/320914/files/GRI-2020-28398.pdf
Elena Viseri
Niki Nikonanou
The current study examined if on-line activities in museum’s webpages with historical subject follow traditional or modern trends in their museological background, in their approach to history education, in the expected learning outcomes and in the use of modern technologies. The major hypothesis was that the on-line activities that belong to webpages of national and traditional museums will be characterized as “traditional” according to the parameters we examined, whereas others that come from “modern” or “postmodern” museums in their museological background, will present “modern” or “postmodern” characteristics. We also made the assumption that the “traditional” approach will appear more in on-line activities from Greek museum webpages in comparison to those coming from museum webpages from abroad. To conduct the research we designed 4 systems of category analysis according to the research questions we mentioned above. Results revealed that the museological background of the activities affects the other parameters. Moreover, on-line activities from national and traditional Greek museums are mostly characterized by traditional approaches in all the parameters we analyzed. In contrast, activities that belong to museum webpages from abroad mainly demonstrate modern approaches. The results of this study demonstrate that the use of modern technologies in museums and mainly in Greek museums doesn’t always support educational purposes and a hybrid environment in which high technology is used doesn’t always ensure the real participation of its user or a modern approach of history education.
https://ir.lib.uth.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11615/44630/13421.pdf?seque…
Maria Rinou
Irene Nakou
The purpose of this research was to create an educational package that could be used in the course of 6-7 years old students’ visit to the Nikos Hadjikyriakos- Ghika Gallery, Athens, Greece. The package included educational material in print and digital form. A central feature of this project has been the use (along of course with others activities that employed painting, craft, drama and pretend-play) of creative music making activities as a means for communicating with the artworks of Nikos Hadjikyriakos- Ghika. This study interrogates into the question of whether music improvisation and composition activities could be an effective means for helping students develop a multi-level understanding of the artist’s artworks. Furthermore, we investigated students’ forms of interaction with the animator, with their peers -and the class-teachers- during the course of these museum education activities. To investigate these questions, 22 first and second graders at a primary school of Piraeus took part in a pilot implementation of this program, participating in a series of activities both in the gallery and at their school setting. Data collected included video recordings as well as material created by students during the program. Results showed that the students communicated actively during the program, interacting creatively with their peers, the animator, the artworks, and the class-teachers both in class and the Gallery. Moreover (and despite severe time restrictions) improvisation and composition emerged as successful means of initiating a multi-sensory experience that enabled students to creatively engage with Hadjikyriakos-Ghika’s work. The structure and materials of this educational packaged were subsequently redesigned as a result of the evaluation of the program’s implementation.
https://ir.lib.uth.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11615/45786/14572.pdf?seque…
Niki Nikonanou
Νίκη Νικονάνου
Museums, because of their social and educational role, produce or lend educational material addressed to students or teachers and is a form of communication. This work dealed with the design and implementation of a training package for the Timeless Museum of Larissa, aiming at the perfect updating and strengthening of the teachers in order to prepare a visit with their students, to the museum. To carry out activities both during their visit to the museum and in the classroom. The educational package exploited the particularities of museum education, which learning through objects, linking learning to inspiration and entertainment. Students, through a variety of activities, experiential games, exploration games, role-playing games, discover the museum, came into contact with the exhibits, experiment and experiences.
Keywords: museum, educational package, activities, learning, exhibits discovery, entertainment
Evangelia Tampoura
Niki Nikonanou
The history of a city plays an important role in the life of its citizens, but the citizens themselves are the ones define in a great extent the way that the city outstands among the rest of the cities, by trying to highlight its own special characteristics. Apart from its citizens, there are also the city’s buildings, which are also affect to a large extent its identity and physiognomy. Through the history of a city’s buildings, it can also be identified its own historic development; this its citizens and visitors could have the opportunity to learn the city’s history by observing and following its buildings. Nowadays, the Cities’ Museums are the ones that can help to highlight the local history, based on oral testimonies and by using new technologies. The use of the new technologies, especially of mobile phones, can contribute to this historic exploration, with a creative but simultaneously alternative way, since it diverges from the narrow limits of a simple city tour. Smartphones, combined with the appropriate applications (apps) could become the visitors’ and citizens’ tour guides, through an alternative city tour that includes as stops, different important and historic city parts. Thus, the historic knowledge can be acquired by a different more interactive and creative way. Volos, as a city with rich industrial history, has important historic buildings which are worth studying and could be incorporated in an alternative city tour which aims to the contact with city’s history through its buildings. The different approaches with respect to the buildings are those that give a different point of view regarding the contact with the city’s history. This was achieved, apart from simple listing of information, by using citizens’ testimonies either ready from museums and online or collected during the writing of the current thesis. The aim was to highlight the different use of buildings in present, often in comparison with their previous use in the past and if the use of smartphones has strengthened the citizens’ knowledge about the city’s history.
Athanasios Mpardas
Niki Nikonanou
This master’s dissertation was composed as a thesis of a postgraduate program at the Department of Early Child Education at the University of Thessaly. This research focused on the production of educational material. More specifically it aimed at the participatory design of a museum kit for the Entomological Museum of Volos, which has been based on preschool children’s ideas. The methodological choice of our research followed the method of case study and the design of the museum kit followed the method of evaluation and the stages of front-end analysis and formative evaluation in particularly. It’s a method that helps museums to meet the needs of their visitors. The title of the museum kit is “Insects Everywhere” and it was designed with the participation of a total of 15 preschool children, who were the sample of the research. The research was divided into two stages. In the first stage participated 8 children while in the second 7 children. The aim of the museum kit is to help children to develop their creativity, to give them opportunities for contacting nature and especially insects and to gain knowledge through experiential and playful ways. Furthermore, this attempt can build a bridge of communication between museum and school. The first outcome of data analysis was about children’s reaction when contacting with insects in their immediate environment. Secondly, it was detected that preschoolers can respond positively and actively to the idea of participatory designing of a museum kit, while at the same time they are able to evaluate a material that concerns their interests. The research results reveal that children of preschool age developed feelings about insects, which were directly related to insect’s appearance. In parallel, children seemed to develop a sense of protection towards insects too. Also, the insects themselves seemed to lead the children to use their senses. Overall, the children, despite their young age, suggested a variety of ideas about the contents of the museum kit, which, after its construction, was positively evaluated by children of the same age group very actively.
Despina Douka
Niki Nikonanou
Haris Hasoula
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
The aim of this thesis is to provide a conceptual framework for developing an original resource material which constitutes a playful introduction to basic music concepts. This music teaching material has been designed for use in the kindergarten but also in the early years of primary school. This material consists in a ‘musical tale’ accompanied with suggestions for music education activities that focus on working with the concepts that emerge out of the story. It comes in two formats – first as a picture book accompanied by a description of possible activities, and also as a narrated story accompanied by original music and songs (audio cd). The thesis has been organised in three parts. The first part presents a conceptual framework for defining music and musical creativity. The second part is devoted to a detailed presentation of the process of the material’s production and provides a discussion of its aims and purposes. The third part discusses possible problems and issues that might arise during the process of implementing the material. In the appendix the whole teaching material is presented.
Katerina Vasdeki
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Student:
Aphrodite Michailidi
Supervisor:
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Error is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. This study focuses on the notion of musical error within Western instrumental music learning contexts. In recent years education research has shown increasing interest in researching the role of errors and mistakes, with a number of learning theories creating fresh perspectives towards its apprehension as a valuable constituent of the learning process. Studying the notion of error within artistic and musical learning contexts poses particular challenges to the educational researcher, as within those realms it has induced particularly ambivalent responses, not least because of the role of personal taste in artistic and musical judgements and their formation. Nevertheless in music and music education contexts terms such as “error”, “mistake” or “wrong” hold a prominent position. Surprisingly, however, and despite the frequent use of such notions in everyday music learning contexts, there seems to be no research in this field. This study aims to offer insights on students’ experience and understandings of the notion of “error” within the specific context of leaning a musical instrument. Data have been collected through 30 semi-structured interviews with students learning a western musical instrument. Grounded theory analysis revealed the main category “ambiguity, elimination and acceptance”, which summarizes the findings and answers the research questions and six sub-categories, which explain in detail thegenerated theory, including: (1) ambiguity, (2) difficulties in determining the notion of ‘error’, (3) “authorities”, (4) approaches (5) responsibility and (6) the “burden” of error. These original findings point towards a process of continuous redefinition of the notion of error on the part of the students, as well as towards its experience as an obstacle that has to be elimintaed and ovecome through imitation of a “right” model, as a source of guilt and at the same time as an inevitable element of music learning. These findings form a potentially fruitful basis for further exploration in this subject area.
Key words: Mistake, error, wrong, music education, music, instrumental music learning, performance.
Aphrodite Michailidi
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos