2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The practical research of general learning programs for the museum, that encourage the students' literacy about museums
| Project/Area Number |
16500572
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MAEDA Katsuhiko National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Exhibition & Education Department, Manager (40370994)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ISHIKAWA Noboru The National Science Museum, Japan, Public Relations Department, Public Relations Division Chief (80212851)
MURAMATSU Jirou The National Science Museum, Japan, Exhibition & Education Department, Education Division Chief (70190931)
KAMEI Osamu The National Science Museum, Japan, Exhibition & Education Department, Education Division, Chief Science Educator (40415609)
IWASAKI Seiji The National Science Museum, Japan, Exhibition & Education Department, Education Division, Science Educator (90259995)
TANABE Rena The National Science Museum, Japan, Exhibition & Education Department, Education Division, Science Educator (80392538)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | students' literacy about museums / study through actual experience / natural science |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) The development of practical models of general learning programs for the museum, that encourage the students' literacy about museums, we practiced two continuous researching programs. The names of these programs are “The Ueno Musem Club" and “The general seminar for junior high school students and high school students".
[Outline of The Ueno Museum Club]
The Ueno Museum Club is continuous learning program which exploit characteristic learning resources of various museums around Ueno area (The National Science Museum, Japan, Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoological Gardens, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, etc). The club members were joined in many activities which practiced in various museums, and some activities selected by their own interest. The continuous activities of visiting various museums increased the club members' wide ranged interest of museum.
[Outline of The general seminar for junior high school students and high school students]
This seminar's center theme is natural science, but also including wide topics, folk tradition, life, and environmental problems for examples. In second year, these continuous activities were cooperated with high school that practiced as school's program.
(2) We researched consciousness of the students' literacy about museum and evaluated the progress of it thorough these activities. From the research, we organized the consciousness of the students' literacy about museums are structured with two axis, acquisition of the knowledge and relationship with one's daily life.
(3) We made up the report about this research in Japanese. And we reported about original educational methods and outcomes of general learning programs using various museums.
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