A Case Study On Museum Curriculum Development Based On Museum-school Collaboration

As a non-profit cultural institution,the museum is a special filed and an important resource of national education.With the gradual deepening education reform in China,the value of museum education recognized by teachers and parents increasingly,the contact between museum and school is getting closer.On the one hand,education activities of Museum-school Collaboration under the shared educational target is nothing new,on the other hand,the cooperation is used to be superficial and the activities are lost in entertainment.As a case study of China Umbrella Museum,using methods which include documentary research,observations,and interviews,it makes a systematic research on the theoretical basis and practical problems of curriculum development based on Museum-school Collaboration,then,puts forward the possible paths and strategies to realize curriculum development of Museum-school Collaboration.The first part of this thesis is pre-exploratory,including chapter 1 and 2.The first chapter is the introduction,which briefly introduces the research background,objectives and significance of this study.It introduces the research ideas and methods of this study,and then defines the concepts of " Museum-school Collaboration " and "Museum Curriculum".In chapter two,the theory of museum education and the development of museum curriculum are reviewed.The second part is theoretical study,consisting of chapter 3 and 4.The third chapter is the theoretical basis and principles as well as metaphor of museum curriculum development,combing Dewey's Theory of Experience,Beane's Theory of Curriculum Integration,Falk's Theory of Museum visitor Experience and Simon's Theory of Participatory Museum.On this basis,it deduces the principles and metaphor of museum curriculum development.Chapter four,based on the framework of museum curriculum development in chapter three,clarify the concept of Museum-school Collaboration curriculum and establish new collaboration relationship in the process of summary and reflection,and forms a museum curriculum development framework based on Museum-school Collaboration.The third part is practical study,including chapter 5.This part firstly established links with the Chinese umbrella museum and B primary school in Hangzhou,carries out a "interview-the beginning of the course structure-observations and interviews-curriculum structure and strategy to form" of the research,develops the museum curriculum of "Where Did the West Lake Silk Umbrella Go? ",forms a " curators-researchers-teachers" tripartite Museum-school Collaboration strategy,as well as "Theme selecting","Factor analyzing","Concept weaving","Goal setting","Content choosing ","Activities designing" and "Evaluates improving" the seven parts of the museum curriculum development strategy based on Museum-school Collaboration.The fourth part is chapter 6.The research process and results are summarized and reflected.Museum curriculum development strategy based on Museum-school Collaboration consist of "Museum-school Collaboration strategy" and "Museum curriculum development strategy ".The curriculum development based on Museumschool Collaboration is still in the exploratory stage,which needs more researchers,curators and teachers to pay more attention and practice.