2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Bridge of the intellect, Museum:The study on the learning method of complex science theme.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22601015
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	博物館学
Research Institution	Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History
Principal Investigator	HIROTANI Hiroko (KUDO Hiroko) 神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館, 学芸部, 主任学芸員 (10205099)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KATO Yuki 神奈川県立生命の星・地球博物館, 学芸部, 主任学芸員 (70342946)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	理科 / 学習プログラム / 学校連携 / 動物標本 / 人類進化
Research Abstract	This research focused on “bridge of the intellect”between museum and school and/or researchers. We madethe learning program on the complex scientific theme that is hard to study at the schoolcurriculum, and introduced the school study. We purchasedthe coordinating patternbetweenthe school and the researchers, as the following three steps. (1)The needs from a school to a museum have been grasped by inspection of a questionnaire or an advanced institution (2)We createdthe newlearning programs which deals witha complex scientifictheme, and carried out it by the visiting lecture. (3)We examined the method for setting up “the place” which connects a researcher and a school.

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