“Comprehension learning” and the Innovative Partnership between Museums, Schools and Universities in Northern Cyprus (Shared Experience)

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Pages: 454-464
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/QTKC2731

Abstract:

The partnership between a museum and a school is a long process. This partnership takes on new meaning as our society expands its definition of “education” to describe a lifelong process of developing knowledge, skills, and character that takes place not only in the classroom but also in a variety of formal and informal settings. In museums, ideas and concepts are couched in a different “language” than in the classroom. Respectively, the students' response is also different. As Harrison and Naef (1985) describe it, “there are no 'right' or 'wrong' answers but instead, assumptions about what might be…”.

Keywords:

partnership; knowledge; museum; education; classroom.

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