First, the meaning of constructivism
Constructivism is a theory about knowledge and learning, which emphasizes learners' initiative and holds that learning is a process in which learners generate meaning and construct understanding based on their original knowledge and experience, and this process is often completed in social and cultural interaction.
Constructivism has a profound ideological origin, which is different from the traditional learning theory and teaching thought and has important guiding value for teaching design.
Second, constructivist learning methods
1, the meaning of knowledge should be constructed by exploration and discovery.
2. In the process of constructing meaning, students are required to actively collect and analyze relevant information and materials, and put forward various assumptions about the problems they have learned and verify them.
3. Try to connect what is reflected in the current learning content with what you already know, and seriously think about this connection.
Characteristics of museum education
1, publicity
The museum serves the public, and its educational mission is to improve the public's scientific and cultural literacy, enrich their spiritual life and promote people's all-round development. Museum education is equal, and all members of society can freely enter and leave various exhibition spaces, participate in various activities organized by museums, absorb scientific and cultural knowledge, and gain the influence of ideal sentiment and aesthetic taste.
2. Sociality
Museums pay close attention to the spiritual and cultural needs of the whole society and highlight the most extensive social characteristics. Carry out unique patriotic education through museums, ninth grade and other diversified channels, spread correct values, and urge the public to turn moral concepts and social responsibility into conscious actions.
3. For life.
Museum education has the characteristics of lifelong and unlimited time limit advantages, and can really form the most frequent and lasting "social classroom" with interactive communication. As a part of social education, museum education has a wide range of contents, various forms and remarkable effects.
4. Intuition
Based on the exhibits, the museum carefully organizes exhibitions, comprehensively uses words, illustrations and other forms, expresses the theme, content, connotation, significance and influence of the exhibition by means of explanation service, audio-visual education and participatory operation, and popularizes the knowledge of sedan chair, culture, economy, politics, natural science and technology in history.
Step 5 be abundant
Modern scientific and technological means, such as digital museum, smart museum, intelligent mobile navigation, social media application, virtual reality technology, humanized service, etc., make museum education activities increasingly distinctive and more in line with the needs of modern people for cultural life.
6. Scalability
The scale, form and venue of museum educational activities are flexible, not limited to exhibitions, and different educational projects are carried out around exhibitions.