科學博物館「探尋臺灣哺乳動物化石」系列教育活動成效評量

The evaluation of the educational activities on tracing mammalian fossils in Taiwan for science museum

本文記錄國立自然科學博物館（以下簡稱科博館）於民國104至105年間辦理「探尋臺灣哺乳動物化石」系列活動的重要過程。本系列活動採3階段進行，首先於臺北、臺中及高雄3所高中校內辦理研習活動，對高中學生講授古生物學及博物館學等領域的基礎學科知識；次於臺南菜寮溪流域進行2天1夜的野外採集化石活動，讓高中學生從「做中學」體驗古生物學家從事研究的辛苦，以及習得採集化石的基本技術；最後假科博館參與清修化石、學習固化標本及典藏入庫的體驗活動，讓學生認識博物館典藏管理的流程，完成一項「從課室內到野外，由野外回到博物館」體驗古生物學家蒐藏、研究歷程的教育活動。在每一階段活動後，研究人員引用通用學習成果（Generic Learning Outcomes, GLOs）問卷評估活動內容幫助學生學習的程度，並收集學生的質性回饋意見。從量化及質性資料的分析結果，顯示本系列活動有顯著的學習成效，值得援引為推展博物館教育活動參考之用。

This project is a “from indoor to outdoor, then return to museum” educational activity to deliver the knowledge of evolutionary biology by bringing students of high school to the Tsailiao River, Chochen Hill, Tainan, from the traditional classroom or lab. The young students can totally experience fossil collecting in the field, learn the basic skill in fossil's identification, and finally take fossils into museums to be national treasures by a series of sorting, classification and cataloging processes. Firstly, we organized three scientific educational camps in Taichung, Taipei and Kaohsiung, respectively, and invite several students for one whole day activity. The students can acquire basic knowledge in biology, geology, comparative anatomy and collection conservation, to broaden their scientific views in the paleobiological study from museums. Then, we leaded some potential studies from each camp to the filed, Tsailiao River, to practice fossil collecting by experience learning. The fossils they recovered will be taken into museum's collection. The students can learn and practice how the work likes a museum staff to have a field collection into museum's storage. Based on the “Summative evaluation” on the “Generic Learning Outcomes” by the questionnaire survey from attendants, most students gave highly affirmation on the program. They had fruitful acquirement from the activities.