Museum Approach in Teaching of History: A Perception of the History Pedagogy Pre-service Student Teachers

Abstract

The current study investigates the Museum Approach in the teaching of history and looks at how pre-service student teachers perceive its efficacy as a teaching method. Even though history is generally referred to as the “mother of all subjects,” students typically find it boring, repetitive, and rote memorization-based, which makes it less interesting. However, as NEP 2020 emphasises, history is crucial to the development of 21st-century abilities including critical thinking, analytical aptitude, problem-solving, ethical comprehension, creativity, civic literacy, and multimodal learning. In this regard, the museum approach provides an interactive and experience learning setting that links classroom instruction with practical historical knowledge. 29 pre-service History Pedagogy student teachers enrolled in St. Xavier’s Institute of Education, Autonomous, Mumbai’s Bachelor of Education program participated in the study. Data was gathered using a tool created by the researcher that included open-ended questions and a four-point grading scale. Student instructors took part in orientation sessions, guided museum visits, and reflection exercises based on museum resources at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in MMumbai as part of the intervention. The results showed that because physical museums offer authenticity, sensory engagement, inquiry-based learning, and collaborative opportunities, most student instructors greatly preferred them over virtual museums. According to the participants, museums encourage active student participation, multidisciplinary thinking, interactive learning, and historical empathy. Additionally, they indicated a great
desire to apply the museum method in their upcoming instructional strategies. The study comes to the conclusion that by making learning relevant, interesting, and learner-centred, museum-based learning greatly improves history teaching. It highlights how important it is to incorporate museum pedagogy into curricula and teacher preparation programs.

How to cite this article:
Pereira E N. Museum Approach in teaching of
History: A Perception of the History Pedagogy
Pre-service Student Teachers. J Adv Res Humani
Social Sci 2026; 13(2): 37-42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.2872.202616