Exploratorium Explainer Program

自1971年以来，“探索博物馆解说员计划”已经为1000多名高中年龄的青年男女提供了在科学和公共教育领域有意义的工作和教育机会。1988年，来自旧金山和大湾区高中的80到100名学生将被选中担任一到两个学期的口译员。解说员的“工作”是帮助探索馆的大型和多样化的公众使用，并了解我们收集的互动展品。解说员在开始工作之前要接受科学方面的强化培训，在博物馆工作期间，他们还会继续参加周末的特殊现象讲解会。讲解员接受大约70小时的正式科学指导，每位讲解员与我们的高级教育、研究和展览开发人员之间进行了广泛的一对一交流。此外，探索馆全年都接待访问学者和科学家，他们与解释者会面，讨论他们的工作，以及更普遍的科学争议和哲学问题。通过实践经验——建立和操作现象的实际演示，为公众设置生物实验，维护展览设备——讲解员对几个科学学科的基本概念和活动有了深入的了解。通过与博物馆工作人员和来访科学家的日常接触，实地考察研究地点，以及其他丰富活动，他们熟悉了在科学领域工作的日常经验。

Since 1971, the Exploratorium Explainer Program has provided more than 1,000 young men and women of high school age with meaningful work and education opportunities in science and public education. In 1988, eighty to one hundred students from San Francisco and greater Bay Area high schools will be chosen to work as Explainers for one or two semesters. The Explainers' "job" is to help the Exploratorium's large and diverse public use and understand our collection of interactive exhibits. The Explainers undergo intensive training in aspects of science before they begin working, and continue to attend weekend sessions on specific phenomena throughout their tenure at the museum. Explainers receive about seventy hours of formal instruction in science which is augmented by extensive one-on-one association between each Explainer and our Senior education, research and exhibit development staff. In addition, throughout the year the Exploratorium host visiting scholars and scientists who meet with the Explainers to discuss their work, as well as more general issues of scientific controversy and philosophy. Through hands-on experience -- building and operating actual demonstrations of phenomena, setting up biological experiments for the public, and maintaining exhibit apparatus -- the Explainers gain a deep familiarity with the fundamental concepts and activities of several scientific disciplines. Through daily contact with museum staff and visiting scientists, field trips to research sites, and other enrichment activities, they become acquainted with the day-to-day experiences of working in scientific fields.