I seem to remember the Child Poverty Action Group had some stats on school visits which might have supported the notion that they could reinforce exclusion for children and young people who had challenges with formal education. I always thought that was very interesting. If school is something you don’t get on with - as a child or as a family – and with which you’re in continual conflict, then if your only experience of a museum is on a school visit, the museum becomes part of that unaccepting world.

Dea





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Date: Wednesday, 14 August 2019 at 14:11
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Subject: Cultural capital research

Hi everyone

 

Been musing a lot about cultural capital (can you tell its August!) now that it’s in the new Ofsted inspection framework.

 

I was wondering if anyone has ever seen or done any in-depth research that measures the impact of museum learning experiences on pupils’ cultural capital? Or is aware of anything that plans to?

 

All I can find anywhere are definitions of cultural capital (e.g. the useful one by the CLA). But my feeling is that it would be really valuable for us as a sector to understand and demonstrate our impact on this specific area.

 

And this one’s a long shot:

Many years ago, someone told me of some research that actually showed that a one-off cultural experience (such as a one-day school trip to a museum or going to the theatre) actually has a negative impact on pupils from homes that don’t engage in culture. (Presumably by emphasising “here’s something that some families do, but not you”.) And that 5 positive engagements with the cultural form/venue are needed to overcome this effect. Which obviously has a huge implication for museum education! ….. or would, if I could find the research! Has anyone heard of it? I want to say it was linked to Merseyside?

 

Any thoughts or leads welcome!

Thanks

Amy

 

 

Amy McDowall

Primary Learning Coordinator

Manchester Museum | The University of Manchester

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