Harnessing the Power of Flow: Enhancing Environmental Education for Public Administration Students through Museum-Based Experiential Learning

Dominek, Dalma Lilla and Demeter, Márton (2026) Harnessing the Power of Flow: Enhancing Environmental Education for Public Administration Students through Museum-Based Experiential Learning. JOURNAL OF MUSEUM EDUCATION. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1059-8650 (In Press)

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Abstract

Experience-based learning and creative education are crucial to today’s higher education practice, and museums can provide ideal environments for such processes. Our study aims to demonstrate how upper-level undergraduate public administration students familiarized themselves with a natural science museum during environmental education sessions founded on the flow-based pedagogical model. Focusing on the learning experiences of 81 university students at the Museum of Natural History in Budapest, we used Dominek's Learning Flow Questionnaire to examine whether museum education courses help students experience the state of flow while learning about environmental values. Our results demonstrate that our complex course was able to drive students to reach flow states during education. Accordingly, our research recommends the application of museum pedagogy, suggesting that it can lead to a flow experience that supports empathy and prosocial attitudes and thus contributes to enhancing social justice as well.

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