MÚZEUMLÁTOGATÁSI SZOKÁSOK ÉS TAPASZTALATOK AZ ÓVODAPEDAGÓGUS, TANÍTÓ ÉS KÖZÖSSÉGSZERVEZÉS ALAPSZAKOS HALLGATÓK KÖRÉBEN
MUSEUM VISITING HABITS AND EXPERIENCES AMONG STUDENTS IN BA PROGRAMMES IN KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING, AND COMMUNITY COORDINATION

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents findings from a nationwide quantitative research project jointly conducted by the Hungarian Open Air Museum – Museum Education and Methodology Centre and the Museum Andragogy Section of the Pulszky Society – Hungarian Museums Association between November 2024 and February 2025. Based on stratified sampling, the online survey examined museum visiting habits, preferences, and the ways in which museum learning is currently embedded in higher education among students enrolled in BA programmes in Kindergarten Education, Primary School Teaching, and Community Coordination across 14 faculties of 11 Hungarian higher education institutions. The paper focuses on identifying differences among students from the three fields of study regarding museum participation, motivations, and the use of digital museum content. The findings indicate that respondents’ museum engagement is characterised by an openness to experiential forms of learning, while distinct patterns can be identified across the three study programmes. Enhancing student engagement requires closer collaboration between museums and higher education institutions, ensuring that information about museum offerings reaches students more effectively, and developing museum programmes that respond to students’ needs and encourage active participation, both in the context of leisure-time museum visits and museum learning integrated into higher education practice. Particular attention should be devoted to ensuring that students in teacher education and community coordination programmes receive appropriate methodological preparation in museum learning, enabling them to foster interest in museums and incorporate these institutions into their future professional practice as learning environments.

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