Examining the School Principals and Teachers' Attitudes toward the Significant Position of the Museum as an Educational and Cultural Medium in Children's Education: A Case Study of Primary Schools in Shiraz

The present was conducted to examine the school principals' and teachers’ attitudes toward the position of the museum as an educational and cultural medium in Children's Education. The statistical population of the study included all principals and teachers of public primary schools in Shiraz. Principals and teachers of 10 schools, whose students regularly visited the museums, were selected as the statistical sample by using the census method. A researcher-made questionnaire is used to collect information. The results showed that principals and teachers of primary schools in Shiraz believed that the level of the educational and cultural value of museums is higher than the average level. Other results showed that there was no significant difference between the attitudes of school principals and teachers who visited museums and those of school principals who did not visit museums in terms of the educational and cultural value of museums. On the other hand, there is a significant difference between the attitudes of school principals and teachers who have visited museums and those of principals and teachers who have not visited museums in terms of the internal factors influencing the visits to museums; however, there is no significant difference between the attitudes of principals and teachers in terms of the external factors affecting their visits to the museums.