| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF PICTURES | 第14-15页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第15-16页 |
| PREFACE | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Introduction to the Meaning of museum, museum education and museum learning | 第18-31页 |
| ·Meanings of museum and museum history | 第18-22页 |
| ·Definitions of museum | 第18-19页 |
| ·The history of Museums | 第19-22页 |
| ·Meanings of museum education and museum learning | 第22-31页 |
| ·Definitions of museum education and Education history in the world | 第23-25页 |
| ·The museum has become an educational institute | 第25-27页 |
| ·Museum learning | 第27-29页 |
| ·Theories of learning in museums | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Two An introduction to the museum in China and Sri Lanka | 第31-45页 |
| ·An introduction to the museums in China | 第31-33页 |
| ·An introduction to the Liaoning provincial museum | 第33-36页 |
| ·The categorization of museum collection | 第34-36页 |
| ·An introduction to the museums in Sri Lanka | 第36-38页 |
| ·An introduction to the Colombo national museum | 第38-45页 |
| ·The category of museum collection | 第39-45页 |
| Chapter three Sources of museum education and learning in Liaoning provincial museum and Colombo national museum | 第45-63页 |
| ·Survey Methodology | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Benefits of Museum education and learning | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary of the key points taken from the results of the questionnaire: | 第46页 |
| ·The survey sought to answer questions such as | 第46-47页 |
| ·Highlights of the Findings:Museum as Sources of education and learning in Liaoning provincial museum China and Colombo national museum Sri Lanka | 第47-61页 |
| ·Questionnaire respondents: | 第47-48页 |
| ·Finding 1:"Visitor's idea about museums" Questionnaire respondents: | 第48-49页 |
| ·A range of reasons why people come to visit museums? | 第49-51页 |
| ·Education event in the museum | 第51-52页 |
| ·What kinds of curriculum areas are covered from museum? | 第52-53页 |
| ·Best representation of visitor's feelings after the museum visit | 第53-54页 |
| ·Which kinds of things Museum can use to increase the extent of learning? | 第54-55页 |
| ·Visitors idea about museum education and learning: | 第55-56页 |
| ·What kinds of education takes place in museums? | 第56-58页 |
| ·Do visitors think museum activities can be useful to students in the class room? | 第58-59页 |
| ·What kinds of learning strategies are good for the museum learning: | 第59页 |
| ·How many times have they visited museums before? | 第59-60页 |
| ·Findings:visitors'satisfaction after the visit to museum | 第60-61页 |
| ·Findings:Do visitors think they would want to go to an exhibition another day? | 第61页 |
| ·Summary of the findings: | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Four The implications of Museum education and learning in Liaoning provincial museum and Colombo national museum | 第63-84页 |
| ·Implications | 第63-77页 |
| ·Visitor's idea about the museum | 第63-64页 |
| ·What kinds of things would encourage visitors to go to a museum more often? | 第64-65页 |
| ·Do visitors believe they can learn something else in the museum? | 第65-66页 |
| ·What kinds of education activities take place in a museum? | 第66-68页 |
| ·Do visitors believe Museum is one of education institutes? | 第68-69页 |
| ·What kinds of curriculum areas are covered from museums? | 第69-71页 |
| ·Do visitors think Museum activities are useful to students in the classroom? | 第71-72页 |
| ·Identifying visitor's satisfaction after visiting the museum? | 第72页 |
| ·Which kinds of things Museum can use to increase the extent of learning? | 第72-74页 |
| ·What kinds of learning strategies are good for museum learning? | 第74-75页 |
| ·What kinds of education takes place in museums? | 第75-76页 |
| ·Do visitors want to attend an exhibition in a musuem? How about their Impression after visiting the museum? | 第76-77页 |
| ·Identification: Liaoning museum and Colombo museum as sources of education and learning | 第77-81页 |
| ·Colombo Museum as a Source of Education and Learning | 第78-80页 |
| ·Liaoning Museum as a Source of Education and Learning | 第80-81页 |
| ·Identifying Categories of Museum Educational Work in both museums | 第81-82页 |
| ·The key findings of the study: | 第82-84页 |
| Chapter Five Interpretation | 第84-92页 |
| ·The realize about museum education and learning through the Findings | 第84-89页 |
| ·To whom can museum provide learning and educational services? | 第84-86页 |
| ·Education events in the museum | 第86-87页 |
| ·What kinds of education take place in museum? | 第87-88页 |
| ·What kinds of learning strategies are good for the museum learning? | 第88-89页 |
| ·Which kind of things Museum can use to increase the extent of learning? | 第89页 |
| ·Key observations about museum education and learning | 第89-92页 |
| Conclusion | 第92-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-102页 |
| 参考文献 | 第102-103页 |
| Questionnaires | 第103-109页 |
| Pictures | 第109-112页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第112-115页 |
| Abstract | 第115-117页 |
