博物館教育的演進與研究

Developments and Research of Museum Education

隨著國際博物館事業發展的潮流，教育推廣已成為國內博物館經營管理的重要功能與任務。進二十年來，在經濟快速發展之下，國內公私立博物館的數量大幅增加，從業人口也隨之增加，各類型展示與教育推廣活動展現博物館的活力與教育功能，使得民眾對於博物館的認識也較過去深入，相對的期待與需求也持續不斷在增加。而在博物館的研究工作方面，由於研究人口的增加，社會的關注提昇等因素，研究的風氣逐漸盛行，專業期刊、論文著述相較過去增加不少，有關博物館經營管理的論述與研究在質與量上已有很大的進步。

The research of museum education that goes on in Taiwan does not include enough localized research, while the research of the development of Western museum education and past research of museum education which appears in local literature is not sufficient to constitute a basic reference resource for the public and those who want to work in museums. This research contains two major parts. First of all it presents an overview of the literature available overseas regarding the development of museum education in the West, present in several groups according to the decade in which they occurred, along with a brief introduction of what was going on at the time. Secondly, it looks at what has happened in museum education research in several subject areas, covering what has been done in the past as well as what can be expected in the future.