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KateÅ™ina Mesdag, Pavla Baštanová, Petra Šobáňová, Jana Jiroutová: The Coronavirus Pandemic as an Opportunity for Pedagogical Innovation | Research of Didactic Resources of Art Museums and Galleries

Our research project aims at analysing the outputs of Czech art museums and galleries in the time of the coronavirus pandemic. The subject matter of the research is didactic resources of art museum and gallery institutions in the Czech Republic, which have been offered as a service to the general public since the closure of museums, galleries and schools in March 2020 to the present. Within this research project, online accessible digital educational resources of educational departments of art museums and galleries, ways of their presentation to the public and their possible use by art educators for distance teaching of art education in the period of the coronavirus pandemic is being identified and further analysed. The analysis of digital educational resources, related data and documents together with interviews with educators are the basis for a monograph on the subject matter which will offer a wide range of uses in pedagogical practice. As part of the research, a set of case studies is being created, on the basis of which a typology of these didactic means of museum education is being formulated. The results of the research will be presented at professional meetings and conferences and will be processed in a monograph, which will contribute to a better understanding of this influential educational area and to strengthen the connection between cultural education and formal education. The importance and benefits of this interconnection have become fully apparent in the current crisis, and need to be further developed. The results of the research will contribute to the ongoing discussion on the possibilities of distance education.

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