MUM_004 Psychology in Museums

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Jagošová, DiS., PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Jagošová, DiS., PhD.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Karolína Valová
Timetable
Thu 26. 2. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 19. 3. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 16. 4. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 14. 5. 9:00–12:40 M21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The aim of the course of Museum Psychology I. is presenting, with aspects of museology a museum education, the selected themes of psychological disciplines – general psychology, personal psychology, developmental psychology, pedagogical psychology, social psychology, mental hygiene, cognitive psychology and specifics of museum psychology in the view of several authors, museological literature included. At the end of this course students should know and be able to understand and apply gained knowledge to educational work in the space of museum and cultural institutions.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- apply general knowledge of selected psychological disciplines for understanding and work by museum visitors;
- understand the specifics of individual visitor groups in the museum.
Key topics
1. Selected themes of general psychology (basic terminology). 2. Selected themes of personal psychology (personality and its structure). 3. Selected themes of pedagogical psychology (the proces of learning – fases, types, methods etc., psychological aspects of didactic standards). 4. Selected themes of developmental psychology (early childhood, pre-school and school period, adolescence, adulthood, old age). 5. Selected themes of social psychology (the proces of socialisation, social learning, social group). 6. Selected themes of mental hygiene (mental hygiene and its standards, stress and its factors, mental disability, burnout effect). 7. Selected themes of social psychology cognitive a imaginative psychology (cognition, perception, imagination).
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • FALK, John Howard & Lynn Diane DIERKING. 2000. Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning. Rowman & Littlefield, 272 s. ISBN 0-742-50-295-3.
  • Muzejní edukátor: studijní materiál. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2019.
  • JŮVA, Vladimír. Dětské muzeum. Edukační fenomén pro 21. století. Brno: Paido, 2004. ISBN 80-7315-090-5.
  • DROBNÝ, Tomáš a Michal ŠERÁK. Senioři v muzeu: metodický materiál. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum – Metodické centrum muzejní pedagogiky, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7028-484-1.
    recommended literature
  • SCHUSTER, Martin a Hildegard AMELN-HAFFKE. Museumspsychologie: Erleben im Kunstmuseum. Göttingen: Hogrefe, 2006.
  • ČAČKA, Otto. Psychologie imaginativní výchovy a vzdělávání s příklady aplikace. Brno : Doplněk, 1999. 366 s. ISBN 80-7239-034-1.
  • JAGOŠOVÁ, Lucie, Vladimír JŮVA a Lenka MRÁZOVÁ. Muzejní pedagogika. Metodologické a didaktické aspekty muzejní edukace. Brno: Paido, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7315-207-9.
  • ČÁP, Jan. Psychologie výchovy a vyučování. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 1993. 415 s.
  • LANGMEIER, Josef, KREJČÍŘOVÁ, Dana. Vývojová psychologie. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2006. 368 s. ISBN 80-247-1284-9.
  • LOKŠOVÁ, Irena, LOKŠA, Josef. Pozornost, motivace, relaxace a tvořivost dětí ve škole. Praha : Portál, 1999. 199 s. ISBN 80-7178-205-X.
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lectures, discussion
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
The course consists of lectures, group discussions and excursion to selected topics. Each student chooses their own topic, which they study in depth and discuss during the semester, including the possibility of individual consultations, and then, following the teacher's instructions, write a seminar paper (scientific essay) and submit it to the Elf (e-learning) system.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/23-24/enrol/index.php?id=8020
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2027.
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