点评:Oppenheimer founded The Exploratorium because he felt science education had gone down the wrong road. Science is based on experiential engagement. The old Exploratorium was almost all engaging, exploration based exhibits. Unfortunately, with the move to the building on the pier, they have devolved into "here's the science lesson you are going to learn and here's how you are going to learn it after you've read this essay" kind of nonsense that Oppenheimer was objecting to in the first place. Kids race from exhibit to exhibit pounding on buttons and yanking on levers, but it's hard to tell if they are getting anything out of it. If you want an amusement park for your kids, better to just go to an amusement park.
I have also witnessed uncivil behavior from their youth volunteers and was treated unacceptably by one of their employees. The Exploratorium could care less.
翻译:奥本海默创办探索博物馆,是因为他觉得科学教育走上了歧途。科学建立在体验式参与的基础上。以前的探索博物馆几乎全是引人入胜、以探索为基础的展览。可惜的是,随着搬到码头上的新建筑,他们就变成了“这是你要学的科学课,读完这篇文章后你会学到什么”这种胡扯,而这正是奥本海默一开始反对的。孩子们在各个展馆之间奔波,敲打着按钮,拉着杠杆,但很难说他们是否真的有所收获。如果你想给孩子找个游乐园,最好还是去游乐园吧。
我还目睹过他们青年志愿者的不文明行为,还受到了他们一名员工的极度不公。探索博物馆根本不在乎。