TY - JOUR
KW - article
KW - child
KW - Engagement
KW - human
KW - Inclusion
KW - information center
KW - Inheritance
KW - museum
KW - participation
KW - role playing
KW - semi structured interview
KW - sensation
KW - visibility
KW - young children
AU - Ellen Yates
AU - Judith Szenasi
AU - Amanda Smedley
AU - Kayla Glynn
AU - Michelle Hemmings
AB - This research aimed to evaluate young children’s engagement, participation and inclusion within a city museum by utilising observations and semi structured interviews with children and families. Both groups requested more interactive exhibits, sensory experiences, making and doing activities and role play opportunities. In this article, we argue for increased visibility of children’s ‘intangible heritage’ (Brookshaw, 2016) and opportunities for responding which make links with children’s lives contemporarily. We further argue that museums should view children as experiencers rather than learners.
BT - Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research
DA - feb
DO - 10.1177/09075682211064429
LA - English
M1 - 1
N1 - Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
N2 - This research aimed to evaluate young children’s engagement, participation and inclusion within a city museum by utilising observations and semi structured interviews with children and families. Both groups requested more interactive exhibits, sensory experiences, making and doing activities and role play opportunities. In this article, we argue for increased visibility of children’s ‘intangible heritage’ (Brookshaw, 2016) and opportunities for responding which make links with children’s lives contemporarily. We further argue that museums should view children as experiencers rather than learners.
PY - 2022
SP - 58
EP - 74
T2 - Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research
TI - Children as experiencers: Increasing engagement, participation and inclusion for young children in the museum
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124772187&doi=10.1177%2f09075682211064429&partnerID=40&md5=c827c30a6aef0b799827206e2802cd12
VL - 29
SN - 09075682 (ISSN)
ER -