| Classroom Observation: Question 38: Was any reference made
to the fact that the loans come from the museum? |
Conclusion: None of the teachers or the students said that the loans came
from the Museum of Reading during the observations. However, 42% (11) of the 26
observations did include one reference to the "museum".
This finding highlights the need for heightened branding on the loan boxes as well as
creating a clear link in the notes between the loans and the museum.
Summary of findings:
These results are based on observations in 26 classrooms.
- · None of the teachers or the students said that the loans came from the Museum of
Reading during the observations.
- · 42% (11) of the observations included a reference to the "museum". In 34%
(9) of the observations, there was one verbal reference made to either "the
museum", "a museum" or "other museums" while in the remaining 8%
(2) of observations teachers there was a written reference to the Museum of Reading in a
label and a lesson plan.
- · In one extraordinary instance, the museum objects stirred the long-term memories of
Year 4 children to remember all their previous museum visits from Reception to Year 3.
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| Classroom Observation: Question 38: Individual Quotes |
Key: A "user" is a school that already uses the loan service. A
"non-user" is a school that does not currently use the loan service.
"The museum" references from teachers & students during the
lessons:
1. School B: User: Primary
The teacher said "When we did about the Egyptians, we looked at a lot of stuff from
the museum."
2. School E: User Primary
The teacher said "I showed you the things from the museum…"
3. School K: User: Primary
The table where the artefacts rested was referred to by the teacher as the "museum
table".
4. School L: Non-user: Primary
Reference made by teacher to me to talk to the children about the museum in the plenary
session.
5. School O: Non-user: Primary
The teacher reported that there was a 'Oh! From the museum' attitude.
6. School X: Non-user: Secondary
One student asked "How much would the museum give for these coins?"
7. School Z: Non-user: Primary
The teacher asked the students about a number on a shoe, "Is that a size or a museum
code?"
"A museum" and "museums" references:
8. School D: User: Primary
The teacher referred to learning from "things from another country and another time
at museums."
9. School V: Non-user: Secondary
During one of the presentations one of the students said "If you go to a history
museum you can see many real dresses."
Written references:
10. School I: User: Primary
In the text of the classroom display: "We can learn from life in the past from
artefacts. We were given some precious and very old artefacts from Reading Museum to look
at. Some are 400 years old."
11. School R: User: Secondary
There was a clear reference to the Museum of Reading in the lesson plans and evaluation of
the project by the teacher
Furthermore, at School E: User: Primary
During one of the lessons the loans encouraged the students to experiences they had at:
Student: "At Black Park they used to have the things we have in these boxes. I went
there in Reception."
Student: "We went round the Natural History Museum in Year 3."
Student: "And the Toy Museum."
Student: "It was the Toy Museum in Year 2."
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