Museum education: exploring its value for schoolchildren, teachers and museum professionals. A qualitative study

It examines democratised museum education practice as a means of raising public awareness of the relevance and value of museums. It explores the potential for recognising child voice in children's cultural participation through museums, highlighting museums as education providers.

The study proposes that embedding child agency in institutions is part of a democratising process redefining museum education. It counters outmoded perceptions of museum learning as offering isolated experiences, presenting it instead as interactive and social with potential for personal, professional and institutional impact. This learning process is transactional, facilitated through a pedagogy of the real which reflects museums as unique learning places.