O Museu do Ceará e o Projeto Dorinha: a contribuição do espaço museológico para a formação da criança

Abstract

This final project consists in the study of The Dorinha Project of the Museum of Ceará, in it's historical trajectory, trying to analyze it's importance as a pedagogical resource which helps children to learn not only the teaching of history is reflected through the objects, but also as the children's contact with the object reflected, so playful historical consciousness fosters cultural and identity. We tried to understand the museological space, specifically the history museum, as a non-formal educational area which provides the child a reflection through objects and that the presence of educative actions in these areas contributes as a teaching resource, with it being a mediation between the individual and the object contributes to the construction of knowledge. For the accomplishment of this work was used in the fields of museology bibliography, education and playfulness, theater and history. Also interviews were conducted, with an accompanying class in visitation to the Museum and analysis of letters from children about The Project and The Museum. After the end of this study it was found that The Dorinha Project has been an educational activity of great importance for the child to learn playful and dynamic way of discovering the past of your city and expanding their knowledge about their local identity, recognizing themselves as an individual culture-maker, and this is essential for their formation in emotional dimensions social and cognitive.