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Marilene Oliveira Almeida

3.22 Children’s Ideals and Interests as Educational Actions of the Children’s Museum Project (Paper)



Marilene Oliveira Almeida – Escola Guignard/Minas Gerais State University, Brazil



Abstract:


Helena Antipoff (1892–1974) founded the Children’s Museum, operating at the School of Teacher Training in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais – MG, Brazil from 1929 to 1944, attached to the Experimental Psychology Laboratory and Library. It brought together research, documentation and dissemination of studies on childhood addressed to interested parents and teachers. A group of researchers from different areas – art, psychology, museology, pedagogy, anthropology, philosophy, develops the Research Project “The Children’s Museum as an educational space and for the circulation of knowledge about childhood culture” with support from the Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais – FAPEMIG (10/2022 to 10/2026). The objective is to resume the operation of the Children’s Museum and promote the educational principles of the Educational Program of the Helena Antipoff Museum, Ibirité – MG. We discuss the children’s ideals and interests via a questionnaire, developed by Antipoff in 1929, focusing on supporting the planning and execution of interactive exhibitions, workshops and lectures, monitored visits and academic-scientific-cultural events that encourage the democratization of knowledge about the Helena Antipoff collection. Theories that understand subjectivities as significant attributes for the teaching and learning process, from the perspective of childhood studies that conceive the child as a social and cultural being, supported the Exhibition entitled “What should this museum be like? An active centre for pedological research,” which is designed to present the team of researchers, the progress of the research and provide children with the opportunity to experience wearable art and performance. Édouard Claparède’s (1873–1940) game theory, Vygotsky’s (1896-1934) concept of aesthetic education and two questions inspired by Antipoff’s questionnaire: “How do you imagine this Museum?” and “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, based the educational actions recorded in drawings and photographs that represent children’s desires for the imagined museum and future professions.


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