Female teachers and museums. A marriage of convenience

Abstract

This article travels through some of the most common geographic spots that connect learning spaces and museums. One of the activities promoted by female teachers in a habitual and constant way is museum visits. Nevertheless, institutions, politicians, museum keepers and art curators usually forget to mention-especially when explaining the mass media about their achievements-these educators' contributions to the success inside art galleries. We should react to this uncomfortable situation. By means of this study, we realized that museums are not very interested in teachers, and that schools haven´t made effective efforts to approach museums, either. Thus, both parties configure a peculiar marriage of convenience. They don't love or know each other. Yet, pupils' visits to museums keep on the rise; it is good that every day more kids get closer to museums, but we should improve the quality of these visits. That´s why we decided to make a contribution to the study on female teachers, a heterogeneous but solid group of professionals who facilitate the connection between these two educative realities. This study enables a better understanding of those who make part of a wide spectrum of education professionals. At the same time, it brings about visibility of these professionals, but above all a well-deserved recognition of their work.

How to reference this article:

Huerta, Ricard, “Maestras y museos. Matrimonio de conveniencia”, Revista Educación y Pedagogía, Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Educación, vol. 21, núm. 55, septiembre-diciembre, 2009, pp. 89-103.

Received: june 2009

Accepted:  july 2009