Підготовка музеєзнавців-педагогів: розроблення та реалізація інтегративної сертифікатної програми

Abstract

The aim of the study is to explore the peculiarities of obtaining the qualification of a museum studies expert and educator by higher education seekers within the framework of the integrated certificate program “Museum pedagogy”. The article describes domestic and foreign experience of training specialists for the integrated field of museum pedagogy. The analysis of the scientific literature shows that while defining a museum educator researchers give primary importance either to museum or pedagogical component of their work. Therefore, the authors provide a comprehensive definition for a specialist in the field of museum pedagogy in the paper. It is shown that a museum studies expert and educator is able to combine cultural and pedagogical expertise and skills, develop teaching technologies through museums, design a museum-educational environment, experiment with museum and pedagogical methods and techniques. The content of the two-year certificate programme designed and implemented on the basis of Mariupol State University is comprised of ten three-credit academic disciplines, inter alia,“Museum Studies”, “History of Arts”, “Cultural Studies”, “Preservation of Historical Monuments of Ukraine”, “Practicum on Perception of Contemporary Art”, “Modern Museum Communications”, “Museum Didactics”, “Methodology of Museum Education”, “Art Pedagogy” and “Pedagogical Practicum”. In the focus of the programme are: acquisition of theoretical knowledge in museum studies, familiarisation with museum development in Ukraine and all over the world; enhancing the understanding of cultural and art orientations; development of skills to design and organise the educational process in institutions of general secondary education by means of museum pedagogy, and create a museum-educational environment. The paper gives rationale for the core competencies for a prospective museum studies expert and educator, enumerates the learning outcomes of the integrated certificate programme. The authors provide the requirements for text and visual content of the programme presentation.