科学系博物館での学習における生徒と学習指導員の学習観の現状と課題 : 神戸市立水の科学博物館における理科学習を事例として

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Recently social institutions, for example, museums, zoos and aquariums have been used for lessons. Programs for using such social institutions have already been submitted.But Caulton raises questions such as "Do visitors really learn anything in a museum? Or do they only play and learn nothing at all? " In this study we let students investigate one subjeot of water in a science museum. Then we gave them questionnaires and interviewed both the students and the educators who joined our program at this time in order to idenfify the differences in the way about thinking of learning in a museum. The results of our investigations are : (1) Both students and educators found learning in the science museum to be thought-provoking, allowing students to consult and cooperate with friends. (2) Educators want such activities to be changed from "play" into "learning". (3) Students are very confused because they don't know whether their activities in the science museum are "play" or "learning". As a result of this, we concluded that a new method of learning in museums is necessary.