LEAP into Science: A National Museum/Library Partnership

富兰克林研究所和费城自由图书馆基金会之间的合作确定了在儿童科学学习中至关重要的中介作用，并指出了通过博物馆和图书馆的伙伴关系提供的机会，在资源不足的社区，许多成年人缺乏科学专业知识和信心，提供有吸引力的科学资源。通过强调识字和科学，LEAP into science培养了课后领导者、青少年和家长成为称职的科学学习者和促进者的能力，并将科学中心、家长和图书馆联系起来，支持儿童的科学学习和成就。项目特色包括为有K-4儿童的家庭提供的工作坊模式，为放学后的学生提供的丰富课程，博物馆的家庭活动，图书馆和放学后青年工作人员的专业发展，以及全国扩展会议。会议向潜在的国家实施地点介绍了该项目。本次会议的案例研究为一项调查障碍、修改和必要的支持来启动和维持项目模式的研究提供了信息。形成性和总结性评估衡量了该项目对儿童、家长、图书管理员和图书馆青少年工作人员的影响。53家费城图书馆以及从实施会议中选出的三个城市的图书馆对全国1万人产生了直接的项目影响，其中包括300名课后辅导员和儿童图书管理员。

This collaboration between the Franklin Institute and the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation identifies the role of crucial intermediaries in the science learning of children and points to the opportunities offered through a museum and library partnership to provide engaging science resources in under-resourced communities where many adults lack science expertise and confidence. Through an emphasis on literacy and science, LEAP into Science builds the capacity of after school leaders, teens and parents to be competent science learners and facilitators and to connect science centers, parents and libraries in support of the science learning and achievement of children. Project features include a workshop model for families with K-4 children, enrichment sessions for after school students, family events at the museum, professional development for library and after school youth staff, and a national expansion conference. The conference introduces the project to potential national implementation sites. Case studies of sites from this conference inform a research study investigating the obstacles, modifications and necessary support to initiate and sustain the program model. The formative and summative evaluation measure the impact of this program on children, parents, librarians, and teen workers at the libraries. Fifty-three Philadelphia libraries in addition to libraries in three cities selected from the implementation conference have a direct program impact on 10,000 people nationally, including 300 after school facilitators and children's librarians.