School/Museum Collaboration in Curriculum Design and Delivery

January 1st, 1992 | RESEARCH

This article discusses a 1988-1990 study that analyzed the effectiveness of a collaborative effort between a museum and a school system to build an integrated curriculum package. The partners included the York County School System (VA) and the Yorktown Victory Center (operated by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation). The theme of the curriculum was 18th Century Medicine and the unit was designed to enhance the science, math, and social studies instruction of fourth graders.

Document

VSA-a0a1x4-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

Ronald Giese, Author, College of William and Mary
Judy Davis-Dorsey, Author, York County Public Schools
Joseph Gutierrez, Author, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 0892-4996

Publication: Visitor Behavior
Volume: 7
Number: 1
Page(s): 4

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Health and medicine | History | policy | law | Life science | Mathematics | Social science and psychology
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Public Programs