The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of docents who participated in the Touch-tour art museum education program for students with visual impairments, and to make suggestions for improvement and activation plan of the art museum edu...
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of docents who participated in the Touch-tour art museum education program for students with visual impairments, and to make suggestions for improvement and activation plan of the art museum education program for students with visual impairments. Participants in this study consisted of a total of 8 graduate students(4 students) and undergraduate students(4 students) who received education by applying as a docent to an on-campus art museum education program at a university in the metropolitan area. The research method used in this study was a focus-group interview which is one of the qualitative research methods, and two sessions of focus-group interviews were conducted using semi-structured questionnaires before and after the art museum education program. As a result of transcribing and analyzing the interview contents, the following six major topics and a total of 17 sub-themes were derived: 1) Part of special attention while preparing for the touch-tour program, 2) Difficulties in preparing for the touch-tour program, 3) Expectations for the touch-tour program, 4) Reflections in the process of preparing for the touch-tour program, 5) Reflections in the process of implementing the touch-tour program, 6) Suggestions to expand and improve the touch-tour program. Based on these findings, suggestions to expand and improve art museum education programs for students with visual impairments were made. In addition, the significance of this study and suggestions for further studies were presented.