1. The Ragged School Museum
The purpose of use:
The purpose of the Ragged School Museum is to make
the unique history of the East End of London, and in
particular of the Copperfield Road Ragged School ,
accessible to everyone.
The Museum runs a variety of different activities for all
ages. These include workshops, history talks, treasure
hunts and canal walks. These are open to all.
Tasks and activities achieved by teachers and students to achieve the
purpose:
 Explore and discover what life would have been like for children their
age in the Victorian Era.
 Dressed as Victorian children.
 Look around the Museum’s galleries.
Standards of performance:
 Before visiting the museum: Students should form groups. Each group
contains 3 students.
 During visiting the museum: Students must show and apply the
following skills when they explore the museum through the tasks and
activities: investigating, descriptive, reflective, speculative and creative
thinking, generating ideas, reasoning, problem solving, using

2. imagination, communicating, enquiring, speaking, and questioning,
object analysis, interrogating and interpreting objects. Social skills e.g.
listening and responding, working with others and taking turns.
 Also, showing Attitudes and Values which include: self-esteem and
confidence, cultural understanding and tolerance, feelings and
perceptions, empathy and motivation
 After visiting the museum: creating presentation reflect all the skills
and values they gained by exploring and experimenting the museum.
Each group is responsible to collect information and taking photos of
specific topic that the teacher specified to them.

3. Questioner for the teacher
Strongly Not Strongly
Items Agree Disagree
Agree Applicable Disagree
Usefulness
1. Students find the text and
graphics in the Museum helpful in
explaining the specimens.
2. Students learned some new
information from the museum.
3. Students understand better about
the community they live in.
4. Students understand better about
the history of their country.
5. Students discovered some
interesting things from this
museum.
6. A museum visit is a good chance
to pick up some new skills.
7. Students learned things that made
them change their mind about
something.
8. They Develop interpretation with
specific educational goals
supported by integrating content
and learning objectives for
targeted audiences.
9. The museum use interpretive
practices that acknowledge the
variety of cultural, scientific, and
aesthetic points of view that
contribute to visitors’
understanding.
Efficiency
1. Students can easily find out what
is in the collection of the museum.
2. Learning in the museum is more
interesting than learning in the
classroom.
3. Students Misunderstand
paintings, objects, displays.
4. The museums facilitate a spirit of
teamwork and collaboration.

4. Satisfaction
1. Students feel comfortable with the
look of the museum.
2. Learning in the museum is
intimidating to students.
3. Subject specialist curator(s) are
available.
4. There are limited recourses and
collection about the subject area.
5. Students are more confident
about what they can do / achieve
6. Students were interested in what
they saw and did.
7. Use techniques and technology
appropriate to educational goals,
content, concepts, and audience.
 What are your views on the strengths and weaknesses of museums as
places to learn?

5. Questioner for the students:
Strongly Not Strongly
Items Agree Disagree
Agree Applicable Disagree
Usefulness
1. I find the text and graphics in the
Museum helpful in explaining the
specimens.
2. I learned some new information
from the museum.
3. I understand better about the
community they live in.
4. I understand better about the
history of my country.
5. I discovered some interesting
things from this museum.
6. A museum is a good chance to
pick up some new skills
7. I learned things that made me
change my mind about the
history.
8. The Museums is more interesting
than I in the school.
9. Today's visit has given me lots to
think about.
Efficiency
1. I can easily find out what is in the
collection of the museum.
2. Learning in the museum is more
interesting than learning in the
classroom
3. I misunderstand some paintings,
objects, displays.
4. The museums facilitate a spirit of
teamwork and collaboration.
Satisfaction
1. I feel comfortable with the look
of the museum.
2. Learning in the museum is
intimidating me.
3. Subject specialist curator(s) are
available and helpful.

6. 4. There are limited recourses and
collection about the subject area.
5. I am more confident about what
I can do and achieve
6. I was interested in what I saw
and did.
Write your general view of the museum.
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