Interactive Family Learning in Support of Early Brain Development

项目摘要/摘要 俄勒冈州科学与工业博物馆(OMSI)与俄勒冈州健康与科学研究所的神经科学家合作 科学大学(OHSU)、博物馆专业人士和社区合作伙伴提议创建一个1000平方英尺的 巡回展览、配套网站和补充方案，以促进公众对 神经科学研究及其与儿童早期大脑健康发展的相关性。展览和 节目将专注于目前对5岁以下儿童大脑发育的研究，并将覆盖全国 儿童及其家庭的成年照顾者，特别强调拉丁裔家庭。该项目将是 发展双文化和双语(英语/西班牙语)，以便更好地吸引代表不足的拉丁裔观众。 展览和节目将在家庭观众中进行设计和测试。 这个名为《连线游戏：支持早期大脑发育的家庭学习》的展览项目有四个目标： 主要针对5岁以下儿童的成年照顾者： ·在儿童早期培养对神经发育的参与和兴趣 ·提高对神经科学研究如何在早期获得健康发展知识的认识 童年 ·告知并增强成年照顾者的能力，以丰富其子女的早期学习经验 ·接触到不同的家庭受众，特别是拉丁裔照顾者及其家人 一个由神经科学研究人员、幼儿教育专家、博物馆等组成的多学科协作团队 教育工作者和在非正式科学教育和双语展览开发方面有专长的OMSI人员将 共同努力，确保对当前科学的准确解释和有效展示，以实现目标 观众。该项目将促进公众对早期大脑发育和意识的更好理解，并 对照顾者利用游戏丰富孩子的体验和支持健康的大脑发育充满信心。 参观者将通过各种形式探索神经科学和儿童早期发展-多感官之手- 在互动展品、图形面板、实物、便利体验和附带的网站上。跟随 在五年的发展进程中，展会将开始为期八年的全国巡演，期间它将达到 超过一百万人。

Project Summary/Abstract The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), in collaboration with neuroscientists at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), museum professionals, and community partners, proposes to create a 1,000-square-foot traveling exhibition, accompanying website, and complementary programming to promote public understanding of neuroscience research and its relevance to healthy brain development in early childhood. The exhibition and programs will focus on current research on the developing brain, up to age 5, and will reach a national audience of adult caregivers of young children and their families, with a special emphasis on Latino families. The project will be developed biculturally and bilingually (English/Spanish) in order to better engage underrepresented Latino audiences. The exhibition and programs will be designed and tested with family audiences. The exhibition project, Wired to Play: Family Learning in Support of Early Brain Development, has four goals that primarily target adult caregivers of children up to age 5: • Foster engagement with and interest in neurodevelopment during early childhood • Enhance awareness of how neuroscience research leads to knowledge about healthy development in early childhood • Inform and empower adult caregivers to enrich their children’s early learning experiences • Reach diverse family audiences, especially Latino caregivers and their families A collaborative, multidisciplinary team of neuroscience researchers, experts in early childhood education, museum educators, and OMSI personnel with expertise in informal science education and bilingual exhibit development will work together to ensure that current science is accurately interpreted and effectively presented to reach the target audiences. The project will foster better public understanding of early brain development and awareness and confidence in caregivers in using play to enrich their children’s experiences and support healthy brain development. Visitors will explore neuroscience and early childhood development through a variety of forms—multisensory hands- on interactive exhibits, graphic panels, real objects, facilitated experiences, and an accompanying website. Following the five-year development process, the exhibition will begin an eight-year national tour, during which it will reach more than one million people.