Museum Practice
Museum practice is conducted by the associate professor of the department Drohobytska Oksana Yaroslavivna on the basis of the developed Work Program _Museum (Production) Practice, Regulations on the Organization and Conduct of Practice and Educational and Methodological Recommendations Museum Practice 2024 .
A feature of museum practice is that in its process, familiarization with all aspects of work in the museum takes place, skills and abilities necessary for preparing and conducting an excursion, forming a thematic exposition, etc. are formed. Museum practice, provided for by the curricula of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations for the 4th year, occupies an important place in the system of professional training of future historians-researchers. The need for students to undergo such practice is explained by the need to update the research of the historical and cultural heritage of the ethnic group, to form a careful and respectful attitude to the cultural treasury of the people, to develop the emotional and moral sphere of the personality, its spiritual needs and value orientations. As an integral part of the educational process, it deepens previously acquired knowledge of history and ethnography.
The program of museum practice for 4th-year students of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations, specialty 032 “History and Archaeology” was developed in accordance with the “REGULATIONS on the organization and conduct of practice at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University of April 28, 2023 No. 246 and in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” of July 1, 2014, the Decree of the President of Ukraine of July 4, 2005 No. 1013/2005 “On urgent measures to ensure the functioning and development of education in Ukraine”, the provisions of the Concept of Excellence of the European Foundation for Quality Management, the requirements of the International Quality Standard ISO 9000 series. It takes into account the knowledge gained by students from the courses “Historical Local History, Museology”, “Source and Archival Studies”, “Special Historical Disciplines”, “Archaeology”, “History of Ukraine”, “General Ethnology”, “History of Primitive Society”, “History of the Middle Ages”, Ethnography, etc.
The program was developed in collaboration with Ya.E. Shtyrkal – director of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore, which is the base of practice.
Production (museum) practice includes the following stages:
I. Preparatory stage. It begins during the study of educational courses (“Historical local history, museology”, “Source and archival studies”, “History of Ukraine” and others), in the process of which students receive some information about the role of museums in preserving the ethnocultural heritage of the Ukrainian people. The Department of Ethnology and Archaeology, where ethnographic courses are taught, coordinates the work and informs students in advance about the upcoming practice. A month before the start of museum practice, the head methodologist holds an orientation meeting, where he familiarizes students with the content and structure of the future work, the plan for the practice of students of the faculty. At the introductory lesson, students are informed about the need to comply with the work regime, the rules for keeping current records and other internal rules of the museum institution on the basis of practice.
Before starting museum practice, the student should know:
The Law of Ukraine “On Museums and Museum Work” dated June 29, 1995 No. 249/95-VR, which regulates public relations in the field of museum work, establishes the legal, economic, and social principles of scientific acquisition, study, preservation, and use of monuments of nature, material and spiritual culture, and the activities of museum institutions in Ukraine.
Fundamentals of museum work, rules of conduct in museum institutions.
Stages of ethnic history of Ukraine, ethnoregional and national symbols.
Basic concepts of Ukrainian ethnological science, its tasks and methodology.
Features of the material and spiritual culture of the population of Precarpathia.
II. The main stage includes direct work of students on the basis of practice. On the first day of practice, the museum director or his deputy conducts a conversation with students about the work of the museum. Students get acquainted with the work of the departments of the practice base and are distributed to workplaces.
The internship program also provides for a familiarization tour in order for students to gain a more complete idea of the practice base, its structure, the interaction of individual units, the current management system and functioning. In the following days of the internship, they are introduced to exhibition work – the construction of museum expositions and exhibitions.
III. Final stage. Includes the preparation of reporting documentation, its defense and a final assessment of the results of the internship.
The base of the museum internship is the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore, with which the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations has concluded an agreement on scientific cooperation, including regarding the students’ educational internship.
For the successful implementation of all types of activities, the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore closely cooperates with other museum institutions and research units (Museum of Folk Architecture and Life (Lviv), Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Lviv), Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology named after M. Rylsky of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), etc.). Subject to agreement with the management of the educational institution, students can independently select a practice base for themselves and offer it for use.
Part-time students can undergo practice at the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore, or at their place of residence.
Practice management
Responsibility for the organization, conduct and control of practice lies with the rector of the university. Educational and methodological management and implementation of practice programs are provided by the relevant departments, cyclical commissions of the university. The general organization of practice and control over its conduct at the university is carried out by the head of the university practice.
Direct educational and methodological guidance and implementation of the internship program are provided by the relevant departments of the Faculty, cycle commissions together with the heads of the internship bases. Experienced teachers of the departments, as well as the dean and his deputies, are involved in the management of the internship of students from the divisions.
Organizational measures that ensure the preparation and procedure for conducting the internship are:
– development of the NPP and RPP of students, whose training is carried out in various areas and specialties (specializations);
– determination of the internship bases;
– appointment of internship leaders;
– conclusion of an agreement for internship between the university and the enterprise, organization, institution;
– sending students to the internship bases;
– preparation of an estimate-calculation of the costs of conducting the internship of students;
– preparation of the topics of individual tasks for the internship in agreement with the internship base;
– notification of the student’s arrival for the internship;
– preparation of reporting documentation forms based on the results of the internship.
The order of the head of the higher educational institution on the conduct of student internships determines:
– the place and terms of the internship;
– the composition of student groups;
– the head responsible for organizing the internship and drawing up a final report on its results;
– the official responsible for the general organization of the internship and control over its conduct (vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, dean/dean of the Faculty/Faculty, Head of Department).
Rights and responsibilities of the internship manager:
– develops a plan for museum internship for students of the Faculty; together with the management, determines the bases of internship, monitors their readiness before the start of internship;
– distributes students a month before the start of museum internship;
– together with the management, holds introductory and final conferences and exhibitions of museum internship materials;
– ensures the implementation of all organizational measures before the start of internship: briefing on the procedure for internship and safety, providing student interns with the necessary documents (work program of internship, calendar plan, individual task, methodological recommendations, etc.);
– informs students about the internship reporting system adopted by the department and reflected in the RPP;
– as part of the commission, accepts internship credits;
– submits a written report on the internship to the head of the department with comments and suggestions for its improvement and a list of the results of the students’ internship.
The practice manager from the practice base:
– creates the necessary conditions for students to complete the practice program, does not allow them to be used in positions and jobs that do not correspond to the practice program and future specialty;
– approves the work plan and schedule of the practice, taking into account the proposals of the student-intern based on the practice program, conditions and features of the body;
– provides the necessary methodological assistance, gives instructions and tasks to the interns in accordance with their work programs, plans and schedules, checks their implementation,
– controls the entries made by the interns in the practice diary;
– helps students in drafting documents, performing specific types of work, analysis or generalization;
The practice bases, represented by their first managers, together with the university, are responsible for the organization, quality and results of students’ practice.
The distribution of students for practice is carried out by the practice manager of the structural educational unit, taking into account orders for the training of specialists and their future place of work after graduation.