Understanding Teachers’ and their Learners’ Perceptions about Museums Visits in South Africa

Abstract

Learners’ museum visits are meant to contribute to their learning. This paper considers teachers’ and their learners’ objectives about museum visits. Five teachers and ten learners were interviewed before and after the visit to one of four museums. Analysis of the teachers and learners responses highlighted that teachers have many different objectives which sometimes are different from those of their learners’. Teachers and learners were also found to have no clear purpose about the visits. The implications of these findings are discussed.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n14p404