Are we reaching our audience effectively? Research based on classes held at the Jagiellonian University Museum with third age university students Cover Image

Czy skutecznie docieramy do naszych słuchaczy? Badania na podstawie zajęć ze studentami Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku prowadzonych w Muzeum UJ
Are we reaching our audience effectively? Research based on classes held at the Jagiellonian University Museum with third age university students

Author(s): Anna Lohn
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: University of the Third Age; museum education; seniors; museum lessons; older people

Summary/Abstract: Since 2015, the Jagiellonian University Museum has regularly partnered with the Jagiellonian University of the Third Age (JUTA) by organizing lectures for seniors on selected issues concerning the history and collections of the university. The author of this paper extensively surveyed the attendees to evaluate how much information they were able to remember. To illustrate the absorption of knowledge by seniors, the questionnaires were analyzed in terms of three questions: (1) Did most of the respondents obtain a positive (i.e. good or highly satisfactory) or negative (unsatisfactory) result? (2) Which result (unsatisfactory, good, or highly satisfactory) did the largest number of respondents achieve? (3) What was the ratio of unsatisfactory to highly satisfactory results? The questionnaires highlighted the strongest points of the program, but also its shortcomings. Based on them, we can conclude that the lectures make a lot of sense, enriching the JUTA students with knowledge bordering on popular science as well as specialist knowledge. An important benefit of the study is feedback for those preparing and delivering the lectures.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 203-220
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish