科普图书的“缺位”与博物馆的“补位”——以针对学龄前儿童创作的科普图书为例

The Omission of Current Popular Science Books and Advantages of Museums in Developing Science Books—Take Popular Science Books for Pre-school Children as Examples

学龄前时期(3~6岁)是儿童较为系统地接触并感知科学的第一个阶段,适龄科普图书的创作与普及对学龄前儿童的学习成长意义深远。然而在儿童科普图书广受追捧的当下,针对学龄前儿童开发的科普图书却面临着总数低、类别少、原创作品不足、品质参差不齐、个人创作者难以获得出版商及消费者信赖等窘境。在分析针对学龄前儿童创作的科普图书现状的基础上,深入剖析科普图书“缺位”的表现及其背后的深刻原因,结合博物馆的社会使命与职能,提出博物馆在面向学龄前儿童开发科普图书方面的优势和必要性。

It is the first stage for children to learn science when they are around 3-6 years old,so the publication of popular science books are very important.However,there are a lot of problems of current popular science books,such as small quantity,few categories,lack of original works,poor quality,lack of trust especially for individual authors and so on.Based on the analysis of omissions of current science books,the advantages and necessities of museums taking part in creation of popular science books will be summarized integrated with social missions and functions of museums.