Notes

This page can be used to post notes from training and courses of interest to museum educators. If you have notes which you wish to post contact sharon.bristow@hants.gov.uk

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Teaching Outside the Classroom

On 17 November 2008, Museums, Libraries and Libraries South East, engage and the Group for Education in Museums (GEM) hosted a joint training day entitled Teaching Outside the Classroom: Working with Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers. The day aimed to:

Introduce working with Initial Teacher Education Providers and trainee teachers
Demonstrate the benefits of working in collaboration
Show how museums/archives and galleries could get involved using the Teaching Outside the Classroom (TOtC) web resource

The attached power point presentations from the day include some of the information provided by ITE providers, museums who have worked with ITE students, and GEM on how TOtC fits with the Learning Outside the Classroom agenda. Further information on Teaching Outside the Classroom can be found at: http://www.teachingoutsidetheclassroom.com/

Why Work with Museums, Galleries and Archives (PowerPoint 980 Kb), William Stow, Head of Postgraduate ITE Education, Canterbury Christ Church University.

Why Work with ITE Students (PowerPoint 3.94 MB), Hayley McMechan, Audience Development Manager, Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery.

Working with Secondary ITT (PowerPoint 7.08 MB) Rachel Payne, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University.

Evaluating MLA/ITE Collaboration (PowerPoint 699Kb), William Stow.

Learning Outside the Classroom: The Big Picture (PowerPoint 1.34 MB), Fenella Hunt, Head of Projects GEM.

Thames Valley Museums Learning Group Conference

On 13th November 2008, MLA South East and Renaissance South East funded a conference on behalf of the Thames Valley Museums Learning Group at the River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames. The aime of the conference was to address;

How can schools can with museums to realise new ambitions for the primary and secondary curriculum?
What benefits can these partnerships bring to learners?
What challenges does partnership working pose for the school and museum sectors?
How can past experience help with future planning?
How can we extend and build new partnerships?

Wheels in Motion (PowerPoint 3.25 MB), Stephen Barker, Banbury Museum.

Buckinghamshire Museum Learning Cluster (PowerPoint 1.75 MB), Madalyn Baskerville, Wycombe Museum and Caroline Frith, Buckinghamshire County Museum.

Schools and Museums:Challenges for the Future (PowerPoint 3.03 MB) Kate Arnold Foster, Reading University Museums.

On the Pull Study Day

Presentations from the Study Day which was held at the Old Courthouse Lecture Theatre, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on 29th July 2008. A follow-up to the Audience Informed Programming Workshop held in 2007. (Please note that the PowerPoint presentations might take a minute or two to download.)

Putting together a brief for the On the Pull focus groups. Abigail Thomas, Head of Audience Development and Learning. Abigail Thomas On the Pull project background (Microsoft PowerPoint, 112 Kb).

Working with focus groups and researchers, developing On the Pull at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Eleanor Thompson, Curator of Costume and former DCF Project Manager. Eleanor Thompson On the Pull Research (Microsoft PowerPoint, 16.0 MB).

Structuring and evaluating On the Pull using Inspiring Learning for All. Abigail Thomas, Head of Audience Develpment and Learning. Abigail Thomas On the Pull applying ILFA (Microsoft PowerPoint, 103 Kb).

Feedback from On the Pull. Sarah Posey, Head of Collections and Interpretation. Sarah Posey On the Pull Feedback (Microsoft PowerPoint, 1.23MB).

Audience Informed Programming Workshop Day

Notes and presentations from the Workshop which was held at the Old Courthouse Lecture Theatre, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on 23rd July 2007. (Please note that the PowerPoint presentations might take a minute or two to download.)

AIPW General Notes (Word DOC, 79.5Kb).

Visitor Studies and Audience Development, Nicky Boyd,Chair of Visitor Studies Group. (Microsoft PowerPoint 4.59 MB).

AIPW Links to useful resources (Word DOC, 28.5Kb).

Chart of evaluation methods (Word DOC, 28Kb).

AIPW Brighton Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint 2,374 Kb).

Lucid and sam presentation (no images) (Microsoft PowerPoint, 80Kb).

All Together Now - Family Friendly Training

All Together Now - Family Friendly Training Notes, Museums Association Training. Notes taken by Joann Creighton (Word DOC, 35Kb).

Harnessing Technology: Delivering the future for learners - South East regional conference

Presentations from this day are on the Becta website.

Touch and the value of object handling

An Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Networks Scheme organised by UCL Museums & Collections. The aim of these workshops is to bring together a diverse range of experts from academic and museum environments, with a view to establishing a network where information relating to the value of object handling can be shared and developed.

Touch and the Value of Object Handling, Workshop 1,The History of Touch - What Do We Mean by Touch? November 2006 (Word DOC, 52.5Kb).

Touch and the Value of Object Handling, Workshop 4,Therapeutic Approaches to Touch: Object Handling and Hospital Patients. February 2007 (Word DOC, 96Kb).