Design,Implementation,and Evaluation of Museum Educational Programs:ICOM CECA's Top Five Best Practice Awards
ICOM CECA(Committee for Education and Cultural Action under International Council of Museums)annually selects the Top Five Best Practice Awards(TFBPA)to provide guidance and standardiza-tion for the design and implementation of educational and cultural programs.TFBPA should adhere to standardized principles in the process of planning,development,and evaluation.These principles include the purpose,relevance,and feasibility principles in the design phase,the appropriateness principle in the implementation phase,and the scientific and objective principles in the evaluation phase.Specific re-quirements in terms of human and material resources are also elucidated.Comparing these international best practices with distinctive projects in Chinese museums reveals certain shortcomings.In the design phase,Chinese museums lack openness in their purposes and insufficient consideration of scientific relevance.In the implementation phase,there is a need for a more in-depth implementation of appropriateness and greater flexibility in museum educational methods.In the evaluation phase,issues such as non-scientific questionnaire design,limited survey methods,and insufficient problem analysis exist.Chinese museum education programs design should adjust the weighting distribution in the three phases,adhere to sustainable development principles,and thereby facilitate museums in better fulfilling their educational roles.
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