Science Museums: Retrospective and Prospect of Integrated Educational Programs

- Поліхун, Н.І. (orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-0752) and Постова, К.Г. (orcid.org/0000-0001-9728-4756) (2025) Science Museums: Retrospective and Prospect of Integrated Educational Programs Education and Development of Gifted Personality, 2 (97). pp. 12-19. ISSN 3083-6425

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Abstract

The article reveals the features of the retrospective and prospects of integrated educational programs in museums, in particular in science museums. It determines the need to develop this direction in connection with the conditions for the formation of modern education. It highlights some features of work with education seekers and the possibilities of museums for the education of pedagogical workers. A brief perspective on the history of the formation of science museums is made. The main conditions for the formation of the activities of science museums and their difference from natural history museums are determined. The features of providing educational services in science museums and centers are determined. The possibilities of cooperation between science museums with educational institutions of different levels for the creation of educational programs and conducting educational events are determined. The methods that can be used in science museums for effective work are highlighted, including research, design, engineering, and design. Attention is focused on the main directions of development of science museums in Ukraine and their prospects are determined. The scientific basis for the formation of the activities of science museums and the problem field of research of Ukrainian scientists in this area are investigated. Some practical achievements of domestic researchers and practitioners in the development and implementation of educational programs in museums for different age categories are noted. It is noted that the influence of museum educational programs on the development of some cognitive processes in children of certain age categories is actively studied. The need to create educational programs for educators on the basis of science museums is determined and substantiated. This contributes to the popularization of science among educators and students and deepens their knowledge in certain fields of knowledge. The educational program for improving the qualifications of teachers developed and implemented by the Giftedness Support Department of the Institute of Gifted Children of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine and the possibilities of its implementation in the spaces of the science museum are presented. The educational program was implemented in cooperation with the Bukovina Small Academy of Sciences of Student Youth on the basis of the Museum of Science of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Chernivtsi.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	science museums; educational programs; museum pedagogy; museums science; science centers.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 001 Science and knowledge in general. Organization of intellectual work > 001.8 Methodology > 001.89 Organization of science and scientific work Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 374 Education and training out of school. Further education
Divisions:	Institute of the gifted child > International Collaboration and Fostering Giftedness Depatment
Depositing User:	н.с. Олена Василівна Онопченко
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2025 17:03
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2025 17:03
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/747619

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