어린이박물관에서의 미술감상을 위한 체험식,비체험식 전시에 관한 연구 = Participatory versus Non-participatory Exhibits for Art Appreciation at the Children`s Museum

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigates whether or not the patterns of interaction with art exhibits designed as art appreciation activities differ according to the age of the children and the type of exhibit (participatory versus non-participatory). Subjects were 150, 5-12 year old children who visited the Samsung Children`s Museum. The children were divided into three age groups (a preschool group of 5-6 year olds, a lower elementary group of 7-9 year olds and a higher elementary group of 10-12 year olds) with 50 children in each group. A timing and tracking observation checklist was used to document the time spent at each participatory and non-participatory (painting and text) exhibit. Also observed was whether or not the children interacted with the exhibits in compliance with the objectives that were originally set out for each exhibit. The findings are as follows. First, the time spent at both types of exhibits differed significantly among the three age groups. The lower elementary group`s overall interaction time at the participatory exhibits was longer than that of the higher elementary group`s, and the inspection time with the non-participatory (paintings and texts) exhibits of the lower elementary group was longer than that of the preschool group. Second, participatory exhibits were more popular than the non-participatory exhibits. Children interacted more with the participatory exhibits and spent more time at them. Third, most of the children interacted in accordance with the objectives of each participatory exhibit.