Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category
Lindow Man: A Learning Legacy
Posted by: Cat on: August 3, 2009
I am currently in the midst of preparing a paper for a conference that the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) is holding in Manchester in September called ‘Objects – What matters? Technology, value and social change’.
A number of colleagues and I have been accepted to present a panel presentation on “Telling Objects: Lindow [...]
16th Learning Conference in Barcelona
Posted by: Louise on: July 8, 2009
As I write this (Friday July 3rd) Cat and I are in Barcelona, a beautiful city even in the extreme heat, for the Learning Conference. We gave our presentation yesterday to a group of learning professionals and it appears to have been well received. Our careful palnning and extensive mind mapping came to fruition as [...]
Shout it out from the rooftops!
Posted by: Neil on: June 17, 2009
Well, maybe not the rooftops, but don’t you sometimes think it’s good to be able to tell other people about the good stuff?
The Manchester Museum is, as you may know, a part of the University of Manchester. What you might not know (and I certainly didn’t until recently) is that there are a surprising number [...]
Countdown to Controversy
Posted by: Cat on: June 3, 2009
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Our current obsession with mind-mapping is continuing as Louise and I plan our 60 minute workshop for the International Learning Conference in July 2009.
We decided to visually represent the time we have to engage our audience with the topic in order to get a better idea of our approach. The result was spectacularly colourful (coded [...]
Museums: a place for questioning..?
Posted by: Cat on: May 6, 2009
In anticipation of our conference paper in July on ‘how to teach controversial issues using museums’, I have been doing some research online. It seems like this is a hot topic at the moment, with a lot of resources recently highlighting potential topics and guidance for teachers on how to approach discussion and debate in [...]
Research and Learning in The Manchester Museum
Posted by: Helena on: April 14, 2009
On Monday April 30th, Irit Narkiss (The Museum’s Conservator, Objects and Access) and I joined a group of 50 participants to deliver a paper discussing why objects in museums should be made more accessible to primary children.
Held at University College London’s Institute of Archaeology, conservators from around the country listened to our case study [...]
Just Playing Around? Eureka Conference
Posted by: Elaine on: January 23, 2009
Amanda and I attended the national conference on Play at at Eureka on Jan 14th.There were some interesting keynote speakers from Leeds Met including Pat Broadhead who has the fabulous position of Professor of Playful Learning!
The very strong message was that play is important for children of all ages and that it should underpin all [...]
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