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EDUCATION 47
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FIELD TRIPS TO CULTURAL FACILITIES
Spring Session 1978.
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Editha Stephens
Monday 4:30 - 8:30
Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor.
30% three short papers/participation/presentation
50% unit project
20% take home exam.
No text required: see reading list.
Description:
The course will emphasize the use of specific com=ity resources in the
teacher's own curriculum: field trip planning, teaching strategies in
museums, art galleries, aquariums, etc., evaluation of field trip activities.
Staff from various institutions will participate in planning and teaching
the course. Course presentation will stress an interdisciplinary approach
to each facility, and the development of appropriate research and planning
skills.
There will be a series of student exercises and one major project based on
one facility at the student's chosen level. Course content will include
information on facilities, collections, and accessible information; practice
in research and organization of field trips; techniques for using real objects
and exhibits as teaching aids; concepts and theory in museum education.
January 9 Introduction to the participating facilities and the course.
Preparation and teaching approaches for S.F.U. Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology.
16 Project ideas and discussion - Planning techniques.
23 at Delta Museum (Ladner): teaching approaches to local history -
finding resources (people) in the coirmunity.
30 at Burnaby Heritage Village and B urn aby Art Gallery.
February 6 at M.Y. William Geological Museum, U.B.C.
13 at Richmond Arts Centre
20 at U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology
March 2 at Vancouver Public Aquarium
6 at Vancouver Centennial Museum and Planetarium
13 at Fort Langley and Fort Langely Centennial Museum
20 at Van Dusen Gardens: teaching approaches - Questionning techniques.
27 back on campus.
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Objectives
Participants should be able to:
- research background info on exhibits
- define unit theme and concepts
- organize field trip
-plan unit lessons: pre-teaching
field trip activities and follow up
(plan object lesson and evaluation
based on student outcomes .... what
the kids should learn and how to test
this without spoiling the trip).
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-assemble, organize, hand in
outline (includes contacting
museum/other staff if needed)
-hand in single sheet outline
-design field trip checklist
-major project due March.
Required Reading
Schools Council, Pterodactyls and Old Lace, London, Evans Bros, 1972
One or more of:
Tilden, Freeman, Interpreting Our Heritage.
Harrison, Molly, Museum Adventure.
Marcouse, Renee, The Listening Eye.
Sanders, N.M., ClassroOrñ Questions: What Kinds ?
Important References:
Wittlen, A.
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Museums In Search of a Usable Future.
Noble, Joseph. ?
"Museum Manifesto", Museum News, Vol. 48, #8,
April 1970 pp. 16-20.
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Preparing InstruötiOnal Objectives.
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