Vol. 2024 No. 2 (2024)
Articles

An investigation report on the youth education needs of the museums

Jones Lily
Swarthmore College,500 College Ave, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, US
Evans Daniel
Swarthmore College,500 College Ave, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, US
Burton Grace
Swarthmore College,500 College Ave, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, US

Published 19-08-2024

Keywords

  • museum,
  • youth,
  • educational demand,
  • survey

How to Cite

[1]
J. Lily, E. Daniel, and B. Grace, “An investigation report on the youth education needs of the museums”, The Young Thinker's Rev., vol. 2024, no. 2, pp. 6–14, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.62852/ytr/2024/52.

Abstract

In recent years, the youth have become the majority of museum visitors. The main purposes to carry out a survey on the youth's demand for museum are to strengthen the education role of museum, to cooperate closely with school, to provide equal and extensive educational programs for youth, and to establish the sustainable development mechanism. In this paper, the survey of museum education needs of young students, teachers and parents is carried out by using the survey method of random questionnaire, which proves the necessity of the development of the museum youth education project and the positive effect of the museum in the process of developing the youth education project.

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