Synopsis

Museums give children experiences above and beyond the everyday ? experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum, or bringing museum artefacts into school, instantly changes the dynamics of the usual learning environment. It gives you as a teacher the opportunity to start afresh with each child, to reach and engage with pupils in new and different ways. This unit explores practical ways in which you can make the most of the UK's extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums and galleries; it gives you pathways into museum resources, and shares examples of teachers and museum educators making the most of museum artefacts.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Object-based learning
2 What's out there for our school?
3 Learning styles and museums
Next Steps
References
Acknowledgements

 

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