我国儿童博物馆教育发展现状和对策

Analysisand Countermeasure on the Development of Education in Children’s Museum in China

儿童博物馆教育可以追溯到1899年,自美国布鲁克林儿童博物馆建立以来,世界上目前已有400多家儿童博物馆,儿童博物馆已经成为了目前世界上幼儿教育的重要方式之一,在我国儿童博物馆的发展分化为三种形式:博物馆内开设儿童展区、自主创办的儿童博物馆和幼儿园开展的儿童博物馆课程。儿童博物馆教育在中国独特的国情下发展面临着一些问题,在儿童教育越发受到重视和高期待之后,儿童博物馆如何发挥其作用更好地促进儿童的发展,如何更好地将儿童博物馆资源开发利用起来便显得尤为迫切。

Children's museum education can be traced back to 1899 when the first children's museum was established in Brcwklyn. USA. Since then, there lias more than 400 children's museum in the world, which has become one of the important ways of early childhood education in the world In China, children's museums develop into tliree forms: exhibition area for children in ordinary museum,independent children's museum and courses for museum education for children in kindergartens. Children's museum education is facing some problems in its development under the unique national conditions of China After children's education is increasingly valued and highly anticipated,it becomes particularly urgent for children's museums to play their roles in promoting childrcn's development and making better use of children's museum resources.