RENOVATING METHODS OF TEACHING HISTORY WITH VIRTUAL MUSEUMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS

Abstract

Nowadays we are in the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution which can help people come into the digital age. This revolution changes people’s way to live, to work and it creates a large influence on education. Building a virtual museum is one of noticeable example of applying technology into teaching and training which helps to link museums and classrooms together. Applying theoretical analyzing method, practical approaching method, the article aims to clarify the concept of the virtual museum, the role and signification of using virtual museums in teaching history, the reality of this problem in high school. Therefore, the article identifies and analyzes deeply requirements that need to be ensured when developing and building a virtual museum for historical teaching at high schools. Furthermore, the article focuses on proposing new teaching and training approaches using the virtual museum in order to improve the quality of teaching history at high schools. Along with introducing measures of using the virtual museum, the article also provides specific and convincing evidence by teaching history particularly.