Volume 28, Issue 1, December 2016, Pages 1–8
Tzu-Hsiang Ger1, Mei-Tsen Chen2, and Chi-Shu Tseng3
1 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
2 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
3 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To present the essence of sustainable development education of Taiwan in museum exhibits, National Science and Technology Museum (NSTM) has been working to the best of our ability and creativity over the years. As part of government plans of promoting sustainability concept, two dedicated exhibition were curated by NSTM with different approaches. In the Achievement Exhibition of 2004, campus settings such as classrooms, campus stores, and educational gardens were designed in the exhibition hall to introduce concepts and ideas of recycling, soil permeability and water retaining capability. Unlike the precedent 2004 exhibition comprising fragments of knowledge, the "Planting Trees vs. Educating the Young: Taiwan Sustainable Campus Achievements" exhibition of 2009, systematically categorized exhibits into different sections of "Low Carbon Lifestyle and Renewable Energy Commercialization", "Healthful and Efficient Learning Environment", "Sustainable Ecosystems", and "Sustainable Campus Education", providing a more complete and systematic presentation of in a museum setting and corresponding more to the expectation of the academic circle and professionals. A survey of the visitors was also conducted through questionnaire during the 2009 exhibition to study audiences' familiarity with the topics as well as efficacy of the exhibition. Results showed that visitors did benefit from the exhibition in understanding more of the concepts of "Sustainable Campus", while the concept of sustainable energy, to certain extent, also inspired the introduction of NTSM.
Author Keywords: Sustainable Campus Education, environmental knowledge, exhibition, green museum.
Tzu-Hsiang Ger1, Mei-Tsen Chen2, and Chi-Shu Tseng3
1 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
2 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
3 National Science and Technology Museum, 720, Jiouru 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
To present the essence of sustainable development education of Taiwan in museum exhibits, National Science and Technology Museum (NSTM) has been working to the best of our ability and creativity over the years. As part of government plans of promoting sustainability concept, two dedicated exhibition were curated by NSTM with different approaches. In the Achievement Exhibition of 2004, campus settings such as classrooms, campus stores, and educational gardens were designed in the exhibition hall to introduce concepts and ideas of recycling, soil permeability and water retaining capability. Unlike the precedent 2004 exhibition comprising fragments of knowledge, the "Planting Trees vs. Educating the Young: Taiwan Sustainable Campus Achievements" exhibition of 2009, systematically categorized exhibits into different sections of "Low Carbon Lifestyle and Renewable Energy Commercialization", "Healthful and Efficient Learning Environment", "Sustainable Ecosystems", and "Sustainable Campus Education", providing a more complete and systematic presentation of in a museum setting and corresponding more to the expectation of the academic circle and professionals. A survey of the visitors was also conducted through questionnaire during the 2009 exhibition to study audiences' familiarity with the topics as well as efficacy of the exhibition. Results showed that visitors did benefit from the exhibition in understanding more of the concepts of "Sustainable Campus", while the concept of sustainable energy, to certain extent, also inspired the introduction of NTSM.
Author Keywords: Sustainable Campus Education, environmental knowledge, exhibition, green museum.
How to Cite this Article
Tzu-Hsiang Ger, Mei-Tsen Chen, and Chi-Shu Tseng, “Promotion and Practice of Environmental Knowledge: The Experience of National Science and Technology Museum on Planning Special Exhibitions for "Taiwan Sustainable Campus",” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1–8, December 2016.
