博物馆儿童教育活动的现状审视与对策研究

Current Situation of and Countermeasures for Children’s Museum-based Educational Activities

博物馆是开展社会教育和文化传承的重要场所,儿童教育可充分利用博物馆的优势,开展符合儿童需求的场馆教育活动,以促进儿童的发展。本研究的博物馆儿童教育活动以“敦煌壁画艺术精品高校公益巡展”开展的活动案例为研究对象,运用参与式观察和访谈的研究方法,掌握博物馆儿童教育活动的真实现状,发现博物馆儿童教育活动存在文化资源选择困顿、活动开展方式单一、活动随意性较大等问题。开展博物馆儿童教育活动应依托博物馆特色,关注儿童需求;丰富活动的形式,注重启发探究;明确活动目标,合理评价。

Museums are an important field for social education and cultural inheritance.Children’s education can make full use of the advantages of museums to carry out venue education activities in line with the needs of children so as to promote children’s development and inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture.This study,based on the activities of“Dunhuang Mural Art College Public Welfare Tour”,usesthe participatory observation and interview method to explore the current situation of the children’s museum-based educational activities.It is found that children’s museum-based educational activities have the following problems such as difficulties in selection of cultural resources,and single mode and greater randomness of activities.Therefore,the development of children’s museum-based education activities should accord with the characteristics of museums and children’s needs,enrich the form of activities and attach importance to enlightenment and inquiry,and clarify the activity goals and carry out the rational teaching evaluation.