Abstract:

In conjunction with a research under Project KP-06-M35/ 3 from 18.12.2019 entitled: “Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria” (funded by the National Science Fund, part of the Ministry of Education and Science), the team of the project prepared an information card to present the main characteristics of the implemented educational programs in Bulgarian museums in 2019 and early 2020. The purpose of the applied experimental methodology is to outline the main directions for specifying categories, related to quantitative and qualitative indicators to meet certain educational needs. The object of the research are the regional historical museums in the country, which are 27 in number.

The information card contains two main sections. The first describes the general characteristics of the museum’s educational program in the following areas: name of the museum institution; the region where the museum is located; name of the educational program; a group of pedagogical methods to which the program activities relate; form of conducting; scientific field to which the educational program is related; information for conducting the educational program together with another institution(s)/organization; periodicity of conducting, etc.

The second section, entitled “Target groups”, presents information on who the educational program is aimed at on the following indications: education; age; family and kinship, etc.

The expected results of the applied methodology are related to the improvement of the quality of both formal and non-formal education in the country in relation to the inter-institutional cooperation between the various educational and cultural organizations.

Keywords:

Innovation, methodology, research projects, museum, educational programs.