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，2）提高教学质量， 通过将学校参观博物馆与科学相结合， 课程。 该项目提供了一个改变博物馆结构的模式 部门 课堂教师将被包括在内，以协助学校 参观博物馆，编写会前/会后材料，举办讲习班 在博物馆里，以及在博物馆里的解说。 项目目标 4-6年级，并将使用现有的强制性科学课程， 准备学校参观活动的内容选择。 纽约科学馆将聚集三个五人小组 “杰出教师”将与博物馆工作人员一起工作， 两年时间内开展学校各方面的参观活动。 博物馆和 然后由学校教职员评估及修订教材。 参与者 将培训他们的同龄人使用博物馆作为课程 resource. 教师参与制定学校访问计划， 博物馆应该大大提高这种参观的价值。 这种类型的 合作的努力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.