• Title/Summary/Keyword: Museum Education

Search Result 332, Processing Time 0.024 seconds

Factors Influencing Museum Visits: An Empirical Study in Vietnam

  • NGUYEN, Lan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
    • /
    • v.8 no.8
    • /
    • pp.217-227
    • /
    • 2021
  • This paper aims to investigate factors affecting museum visits of young people in Vietnam by sending questionnaires to 2106 young people aged between 14-30 in Vietnam. With the support of SPSS version 2016 and STATA version 22, this paper illustrates that the empirical findings are appropriate with previous literature reviews. Research hypotheses such as learning purposes, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and museum architecture are significantly and positively correlated with museum visits measured through customer visiting intention, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Furthermore, males have a stronger interest in visiting the museum but a low re-visit intention than females. People with a higher level of education and higher income are also more likely to visit the museum than those with a lower level of education and income. Finally, the research results suggest that the family class and the orientation of parents play an important role in encouraging children to increase museum visiting intention; however, children of high-class families are less likely to have a high intention, satisfaction, and loyalty toward museum visitation than children of lower-class families.

Searching for Science Education in On-Line Resources Provided by Natural History Museums

  • Shin, Myeong-Kyeong;Lee, Sun-Kyung;Choi, Ji-Eun;Kim, Chan-Jong;Lee, Chang-Zin;Byun, Ho-Seung;Lee, Sun-Kyung;Lim, Jin-Young;Jung, Young-Soo
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.24 no.1
    • /
    • pp.63-75
    • /
    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study is to explore characteristics of on-line teaching materials on websites of natural history museums, particularly with regard to educational perspectives and the nature of science. The target resources were selected from the websites of the Natural History Museum in London, the Australian Museum in Sydney, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.. A total of twelve on-line resources from these museums used in this study were selected as representative informal science teaching materials. For the investigation, this study developed a checklist with a total of nine items that were grounded on mostly reviewing previous literature and articles focusing on educational perspectives of natural history museums and science centers. Exciting and positive results were found in all four museums. The analyses, however, indicated weaknesses as well as strengths in on-line resources regarding their usages as informal science teaching venues.

A Study on the Space Configuration of Contemporary Public Art Museum in Social Role (현대 공공 미술관의 사회적 역할에 따른 공간구성에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Mi-Ju;Kim, Yong-Seung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
    • /
    • v.16 no.6
    • /
    • pp.181-188
    • /
    • 2007
  • The existing art museums existed for preservation and exhibition of collected material and the work which has artistic value. But today the art museum is not just for preservation and exhibition. It takes charge of public education as opened place to public. Further, it wants to be the art museum that the visitors who visit the art museum can enjoy and participate. The role change of like this is judged with the inevitable result which follows in many social demand. And increase with interest of leisure and culture life and continued demand for education, the role of modern art museum is becoming wider. Llike this, to accomplish these roles, space configuration of the modern art museum is changing. In the future, to meet more social demands and to solve flexibly, the modern art museum must concern more spacial efforts. Therefore, to grasp the change and the aspect of modern art museum, this study analyzes the Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, the Gyeongnam Art Museum and the Gyeonggido Museum of Art, They are most recently opened museum after 2000. To grasp space configuration of these museums, space syntax was used. And with the result which is analyzed, as grasps the problem and suggest an alternative idea, it can suggest advanced and proper direction.

Science Educational Interpretation of Exhibit Characteristics

  • Lee, Chang-Zin;Kim, Chan-Jong;Ryu, Chun-Ryeol;Shin, Myeong-Kyeong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
    • /
    • v.25 no.3
    • /
    • pp.152-159
    • /
    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to explore characteristics of natural history museum exhibits from the viewpoint of science education. A total of ninety exhibits for this study were examined in national science museums of Korea and Japan. Exhibits of Tokyo national science museum were again divided into two groups: the old and traditional types, and the new and renovated ones. Even though analyzing data was not undertaken through quantitative statistical process, the interpretation of the data was valid enough to fulfill the purpose of the research. While there were clear changes and differences between the old and the new types of exhibits in Tokyo national science museum, the old part of Tokyo museum was similar to one in Korea. Based on analyzing the new types of Tokyo museum, the current movement in the field of natural history museums of Korea explicitly has toward utilizing more science education concepts and ideas.

The Status Quo of Humanities-Based Museum Education Program (박물관에서의 인문학 연계 교육을 위한 현황 분석)

  • kang, Inae;Seol, Yeon-Kyung;Lee, Sohyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
    • /
    • v.15 no.8
    • /
    • pp.611-624
    • /
    • 2015
  • Humanities-collaborated practices in various fields have been supported by several governmental policies as a way to overcome recent social problems. Museum, due to its roles in preserving and sharing cultural and historical heritage for the development of society and communities, has emerged as a key base for the humanities-collaborated practices. This study, in this context, aimed to analyze how the humanities-based museum education programs have been practiced in the museums, which, in turn, might provide a basic data for the future direction and development of the programs and the related governmental policy as well. For this purpose, this study first examined theoretical framework for the link between humanities and museum education, from which a survey was developed. The survey was conducted to 75 museum educators who have been in charge of humanities-based educational programs. The result showed that most programs seemed to reflect the basic direction and purpose of the humanities-linked with museum education. Yet, more needs were found in terms of the educational themes and methods which can facilitate multicultural literacy and reflective thinking and activities within experiential learning environments.

The construction strategy for the Smart Science Museum basis on the external environment (외적 환경 변화에 따른 과학관의 구축 방향 전략)

  • Choi, Hun;Song, Seung-Gun;Choi, Eun Young
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
    • /
    • v.18 no.11
    • /
    • pp.2792-2798
    • /
    • 2014
  • In modern society, to be achieved status as a Science edutainment experience, not just a science museum is established. It requires strategy and differentiation of a variety of entertainment, including theme parks, games, movies which are youth like. When the understanding of the audience for the principles of science to improve the use of ICT Convergence contents display, you need to take measures to increase the effectiveness of the Science Museum by giving the function of interesting leisure space in addition to the popular area of Science Education, Scientific and Cultural aspects reached. This role requires a science museum as a cultural space with the community as a chapter in science education. Science Museum is not a need to worry about what will convey to the public as efficiently as the Mecca of the educational content for the National Science Education. The analysis of the external environment, the composition will take on science education as a mecca of science education and how to combining ICT convergence technology in modern society beyond mere science museum experience and education in this study.

The Development and Application of Assessment Standards for the Reflection of Science Museum Exhibitions in the Curriculum: A Case Study of the Contents of Earth Science in Elementary School (과학관 전시의 교육 과정 반영에 대한 평가 기준 개발 및 적용 - 초등학교 지구과학 내용을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Chang-Zin;Ryu, Chun-Ryol;Shin, Myeong-Kyeong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
    • /
    • v.28 no.7
    • /
    • pp.803-810
    • /
    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and apply assessment standards for the reflection of science museum exhibitions in science curriculum. Assesment standards were developed based on the national achievement standards for earth science in elementary school. The researchers measured the reflection level and evaluation scale by applying the developed assesment standards to exhibitions in the National Science Museum. The results of this study showed that the reflection level and evaluation scale of science curriculum far elementary school in the National Science Museum were measured as 52% and 3.53 respectively. Especially, the level of the reflection of science curriculum in the National Science Museum was found to be at the high level in Geologic field and Astronomic field. These results indicate that the National Science Museum as an informal education institute is comparatively well connected to science education of elementary school. Science museum should be connected with school education and it should start after a substantial reflection on the curriculum. For this, science museum need to develop standards that reflect science curriculum. From this point of view, the results of this study can be used as basic data that evaluate the level of connection between science museum and school education and that guide the direction of development of science curriculum.

Development of a Play-Learning Model in Science Museum (과학관 놀이-학습 모형 개발)

  • Kwon, Yi-Young;Jeong, Eunyoung
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.36 no.2
    • /
    • pp.191-202
    • /
    • 2016
  • In this study, a science museum teaching-learning model was developed with emphasis on play. In order to do this, the models of factor-centered museum education and process-centered museum education were reviewed and characteristics of science museum education were considered. The model developed in this study is called 'Play-Learning Model in Science Museum', and 'play' is defined as activities to achieve the mission in accordance with methods and rules set by individuals or small groups including scaffolding and play is divided into competition, simulation, and chance. 'Play-Learning Model in Science Museum' emphasizes learning using the articles on exhibition, scaffolding and interaction in small groups, and play. The model consists of four steps: 'Preparation', 'Exploring the exhibits', 'Experience', and 'Summary of learning content'. In the 'Preparation' step, the students form related knowledge and are ready to play. The 'Exploring the exhibits' step is the core step of this model, and entails the students solving problems in the mission by interacting with members of the small group. When they cannot find resolution, they get help. In the 'Experience' step, hands-on activities related to the prior step are included. In the 'Summary of learning content' step, the students summarize what they learned while playing. As science museum education is implemented in a variety of forms, continuous research about the science museum learning model and development of various programs are needed.

A study on behavioral patterns and satisfaction of visitors depending on the characteristic of exhibition in science museum (과학관 전시체험관에 대한 관람자 행동유형 및 만족도에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Hye-Jung;Lee, Seok-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
    • /
    • v.6 no.3
    • /
    • pp.185-195
    • /
    • 2013
  • This study has been analyzed various exhibition in Ulsan Museum of Science which was opened in March 2011 and found out the connections between elementary school science and its curriculum. In addition, this study has pointed out how visitors' behavioral patterns change depending on the characteristics of exhibition. The Study has also examined the visitors' satisfaction on the educational effectiveness, facilities and environment of the museum and aimed to seek ways to revitalize and improve the general conditions of exhibition rooms which is essential for Ulsan Museum of Science. The results of analysis on the form exhibition showed that 31.7% were in a passive form and the other 68.2% were in active form which was 43 out of 63 exhibition. After analyzing the visitors behavioral patterns, the majority of exhibition with higher attraction power and holding power were active-type exhibition and especially the experience-type exhibition takes the large portion. Based on the survey, we found out that both students and teachers represent high expectations of pleasure through active experience. They showed high satisfaction rates on the number of exhibition, guide facilities, inside temperature and accessibility of Ulsan Museum of Science.

The Effect of Science Museum Educational Program on Primary School Students' Science Learning Motivation (과학관 교육 프로그램이 초등학생들의 과학 학습 동기에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Sun-Kyun;Shin, Hyeon-Jeong;Myeong, Jeon-Ok;Kim, Chan-Jong
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
    • /
    • v.29 no.1
    • /
    • pp.47-55
    • /
    • 2010
  • This study was to examine science learning motivation of primary students participating in science museum educational programs. The subject was 36 primary students in the programs in a science museum during a month. The questionnaire for this study consisted of items developed by us and some items from Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire developed by Pintrich et al.(2001). The results included primary students' motivation of joining the programs in a science museum, their perceptions about the programs, and the effects of the programs on their science learning motivation. It seemed that the students had the opportunities of doing science activities in the museum on the recommendation of their family or teachers, especially their parents. And they were motivated to participate the programs with interests of science and they were interested in the activities in the programs. The statistics showed that the program have an positive effects on the students' self efficacies and values on science tasks. Based on this results, discussion and implications were presented.

  • PDF