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WORLD ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNION

CONGRESS 2024​

Paper

Museum as an strong tool of education

presenters

    Dr Mohd AYUB

    Nationality: India

    Residence: India

    Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University. Ranchi

    Presence:Face to Face/ On Site

Museums have the power to make knowledge visible through their objects and artifacts. these can be reinterpreted as diagrams or concepts from school textbooks come to life that students can relate to. Imagine students being able to refine their understanding of the scientific concept of evolution by engaging with a collection of birds ' beaks on display at a natural history museum or being able to visualize abstract ideas such as historical timeline and contextualization when they observe objects from different civilization at a history museum and interpret how tools, language , ideas developed simultaneously in different parts of the world. museum can also be excellent laboratories for active learning. Students can take charge of what and how they want to learn (more) about by actively engaging with the museum objects and artifacts, and transform their learning into an experience. Teachers in turn can facilitate this experience-building by creating learning scaffolds that align with the learning goals through activities such as role-play, think-pair-share, curetting their own exhibition, writing biographies or identity charts, and mind mapping. This engagement often effortlessly leads to interdisciplinary learning as well, as museums offer opportunities to apply and interpret classroom concepts in different ways Depending on the type of museum, students may find the need to critically think about a particular museum artefact by recalling concepts in science, math, social studies, geography, arts, languages etc.

Keywords:

Museum , Tool, Education, imagine, Strong.