TexNET: Texas Network for Exhibit-based Learning and Teaching

TexNET：德克萨斯州基于展览的学习和教学网络

• 批准号: 0337354
• 负责人: Charlie Walter
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2010-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0337354&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: TexNET; Texas; Network; Exhibit; based

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and Technology will partner with The Exploratorium and with three smaller science museums that have strong connections to rural and Spanish-speaking populations in Texas: Discovery Science Place, Loredo Children's Museum, and Science Spectrum to develop TexNET, a four-year project modeled on the Exploratorium Network for Exhibit-based Teaching (ExNET). TexNET builds on lessons learned from past exhibit outreach models and addresses the needs of small, rural partners for exhibits and capacity-building workshops. Each small museum partner will host a set of ten exhibits for one year. Exhibit topics are 1)motion, 2)weather and 3)sound. Workshops focus on inquiry learning techniques, science content, programming and workshop design, as well as the institutional needs of each partner. Inverness Research Associates will conduct the project evaluation. They will examine the success of this project by looking at the effectiveness of the TexNET model, the success of the individual exhibit elements to engage rural communities, the effectiveness with which this project has enhanced the abilities of local rural communities to sustain their own educational improvements and the effectiveness of the training components in increasing the capabilities of the local museums to serve their rural audiences.

沃斯堡科学与技术博物馆将与探索博物馆以及与德克萨斯州农村和讲西班牙语的人群有密切联系的三个较小的科学博物馆合作开发TEXNET，这三个博物馆分别是发现科学馆、洛雷多儿童博物馆和科学光谱，这是一个以基于展览的教学探索网络(ExNET)为蓝本的为期四年的项目。TEXNET借鉴了过去展览推广模式的经验教训，满足了小型农村伙伴对展览和能力建设讲习班的需求。每个小型博物馆合作伙伴将主办一套十件展品，为期一年。展览的主题是运动、天气和声音。讲习班的重点是研究性学习技术、科学内容、方案编制和讲习班设计，以及每个伙伴的机构需求。因弗内斯研究协会将对该项目进行评估。他们将通过以下几个方面来审查该项目的成功：TEXNET模式的有效性，个别展览元素与农村社区接触的成功，该项目提高了当地农村社区维持其自身教育改进的能力的有效性，以及培训部分在提高当地博物馆为农村观众服务的能力方面的有效性。