Experience of Museum’s Theatre Interpretation for Elementary School Children：A Case Study of “Mini Theater：Ah-Fu’s Battle with Taiwan Strait” at the National Museum of Taiwan History

• Main Authors: Dai, Jin-Fa, 戴進發
• Other Authors: Tzeng, Shin-Chieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hv8mzd

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 博物館學與古物維護研究所 === 106 === In 2013, the National Museum of Taiwan History (NMTH) commissioned the " Educational Project of Permanent Exhibition" to the Department of Drama Creation and Application at the National University of Tainan. In correspondence to the school curriculum, the project developed the teaching kits of "Tangshan Guo Taiwan", "Real Man" and "When We‘re Together" for elementary school teachers, creating different learning experience for school children. In November 2014, the NMTH used the content of the teaching kit as a script, incorporating objects and theatrical presentations to plan an educational activity of permanent exhibition "Mini Theater: Ah-Fu’s Battle with Taiwan Strait". This case study is based on "Mini Theater: Ah-Fu’s Battle with Taiwan Strait" activity at the NMTH. It aims to investigate the learning experience in this activity for elementary school children, exploring the relevancy between museum’s theatre interpretation and the learning of school children. The research methods of this case includes semi-structured interviews, non-participating observations, as well as questionnaire surveys to collect data, in order to analyze the correlation between the planning of this activity, the actual performance, and the learning experiences of school children. From these, this study found out that the docents of this activity, under the arrangements of the planner, can use a free theatrical interpretation style of their own to enrich the experience of school children. Moreover, school children participated in the activity through interaction, enhancing effectively to the memory and motivation of learning, that proved school children could develop empathic thinking with diverse views through playing their roles. According to the results, this case study shows interactive participation in this activity, can enhance the learning ability of school children. Finally, this study look forward to the possibility that research results can be provided to the NMTH, using theatre interpretation for planning activities as a reference in the future. Therefore, the museum can provide high-quality learning experience for school children.