A Study on Science Museum Homepage Introduction and Elementary School Students’ Thoughts about Science Museum Roles- Through Text Network Analysis -

This study aims to comparatively analyze the correlation between science museum homepage introduction and elementary school students’ thoughts about science museum roles through visualized network by extracting keywords from the texts of science museum homepage introduction and elementary students’ thoughts. As keywords from science museum homepage introduction and elementary school students’ thoughts about science museum roles, this study discovered ‘Science’ and ‘Experience’. Besides, ‘Universe’, ‘Education’, ‘Culture’ and ‘Diversity’ were emphasized in the science museum homepage introduction, while ‘Fun’, ‘Idea’ and ‘Human’ were emphasized in elementary students’ thoughts. When analyzing the text network, this study found out that both science museum homepage introduction and elementary school students showed ‘Science’ and ‘Experience’ as keywords, which formed the network while getting connected with other words. When analyzing the commonword network, this study extracted and analyzed 72 words from science museum homepage introduction and elementary school students’ thoughts about science museum roles. However, as users, elementary school students tended to regard science museums as learning space in connection with science textbooks, but as providers, science museums did not sufficiently mention it through their homepage introductions. Considering this fact, this study found it necessary to develop programs in connection with school curriculum and provide exhibition panels in connection with science curriculum so that users’ demands can be satisfied in the level of science museum organizations.