Evaluation of pre-service teachers' views regarding the use of museums as an educational environment

In this study, pre-service teachers' views about the use of museums as an educational environment were evaluated. The research was carried out with case study design, one of the qualitative methods. Pre-service teachers (n = 35) were the subjects of the study. In the first phase, the views of the pre-service teachers about the teaching activities before, during and after the museum training were taken. In the second phase, museum education activities were implemented to preservice teachers in classroom and St. Barnabas Archeology and Icon Museum (Cyprus) for 4 weeks. At the last stage, it was tried to reveal the effectiveness of the training by re-evaluating the views of the pre-service teachers about the activities carried out in the museum. As a result, the pre-service teachers stated that after the training, they had information about what activities they could do before, during and after the museum education.