Hi all,
 
See below for information on a workshop in September looking at how museums can help schools teach the new Citizenship curriculum.  For extra information and to book a place, email Frances Redhead at [log in to unmask], specifying which days you'd like to attend and any dietary requirements.  Lunch will be provided, however, travel and accomodation will not.
 
Regards,
 
Patrick Holland
Assistant Learning Officer
Durham University Libraries and Museums

 

 

 

Teaching Citizenship and Identity in Schools: Museums-led Perspectives Workshop

Durham University, 1^st and 2^nd September 2014

Timed to coincide with the launch of the new National Curriculum for schools in England, this workshop aims to explore museums-led materials and methods for teaching Citizenship Studies in particular.

Day 1

Exhibiting: The day will introduce and illustrate the workshop themes of citizenship and identity through Durham University’s museum collections. Specifically, two forthcoming exhibitions will be used to reflect on representations of national belonging, migration and citizenship, and how these might be incorporated into citizenship education

Day 2

Learning: The rich variety of Durham’s collections offers an ‘object lesson’ – quite literally – in how to engage students through innovative teaching methods. Museums are an ideal medium for promoting critical thinking, analytical and discursive skills, all of which are central to the Citizenship Studies curriculum. This day will look at the practicalities of teaching Citizenship Studies from a variety of perspectives.

Workshop Programme

 

Monday 1^st September: Workshop Day 1

 

9.30am: Tour Seven Treasures and Japanese Film Poster exhibitions with curators.

 

10.40am: Walk across Prebends bridge to the School of Government and

International Affairs (SGIA), Al Qasimi building. Morning coffee served.

 

11am: Welcome from Professor Emma Murphy, head of SGIA

 

11.15 am: Introduction to ‘mini-exhibition’ of ‘Vietnam: A nation not a war’ by Claire

Sutherland, Edyta Roszko and Anthony Key, followed by time to view the

exhibition and a group activity to get participant feedback on the exhibition.

 

12.15 pm: Workshop on Citizenship by Anthony Key

 

1pm: Buffet lunch served on 1^st floor of Al Qasimi building

 

1.45pm: Presentation of citizenship education materials, followed by group activity to

get participant feedback.

 

3.30pm: Afternoon coffee

 

4pm: Walk up to Oriental Museum. Presentation of plans for South/Southeast Asia gallery. Group activity to get feedback on exhibition plans.

 

5.30pm: Wine reception in Oriental Museum and time to visit the galleries.

 

Tuesday 2^nd September: Workshop Day 2

 

9-11am: Teaching Citizenship Studies

 

·         Professor Hugh Starkey, Institute of Education, University of London

·         Gavin Baldwin, University of Middlesex

·         Chris Waller, Association for Citizenship Teaching

           Title TBC

11-11.30 am: Coffee break

11.30 - 1 pm: Museums Perspectives on teaching Citizenship

 

·         Vicky Wong, National Museum of Singapore/Australian National Maritime Museum

Museums – Experiential Spaces to Discover “Being” and “Becoming”

 

·         Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

Cultural characteristics and the Vietnam Fine Art Museum’s Folk Art Collection

 

1- 2 pm: Lunch

 

2- 3.30 pm: Museums Perspectives (continued)

 

·         Emily Miller, Migration Museum Project

‘All our stories,’ developing an education programme aligning with the revised national curriculum: learning from the Migration Museum Project

 

·         Vu Hong Nhi, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Educational Activities and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

 

3.30-4pm: Coffee Break

 

4-5pm: Academic perspectives

 

·         Edyta Roszko, Durham University/Copenhagen University

How can we involve undergraduates in research? Developing research-based teaching on Citizenship and Identity.

·         Claire Sutherland, Durham University

Wrap-up and lessons learned