Developing School Visits Through Museum-School Collaboration

该项目的主要目标是：1)提高学校参观博物馆的有效性；2)通过将学校参观博物馆与科学课程相结合，提高学校的教学质量。该项目提供了一个改变博物馆部门结构的模式。课堂教师将协助学校参观博物馆，开发前期/后期材料，博物馆工作坊和现场博物馆讲解。该项目针对4-6年级学生，并将利用现有的强制性科学课程为学校参观活动准备内容选择。纽约科学馆将组建三支由五名“杰出教师”组成的团队，每支团队将在两年的时间里与博物馆工作人员一起开发学校参观的各个方面。博物馆和学校的工作人员将评估和完善这些材料。参与者将培训他们的同龄人如何使用博物馆作为课程资源。教师参与学校参观博物馆的发展，会大大提高参观的价值。这种合作方式可以作为其他博物馆的典范。

The major goals of the project are to: 1) improve the effectiveness of school visits to museums, and 2) improve the quality of instruction in schools by integrating the school visit to museums with the science curriculum. The project provides a model which changes the structure of museum departments. Classroom teachers will be included to assist with school visits to the museum, the development of pre/post materials, workshops in the museum, and on-floor museum interpretation. The project targets grades 4-6, and will use the existing mandated science curriculum in preparing content selection for school visit activities. The New York Hall of Science will assemble three teams of five "Distinguished Teachers" each who will work with museum staff over a two-year period to develop all aspects of the school visit. Museum and school staff will then evaluate and refine the materials. Participants will train their peers in the use of the museum as a curriculum resource. The involvement of teachers in the development of school visits to museums should greatly enhance the value of such visits. This type of collaborative effort can serve as a model for other museums.