Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits

Open University Breakthrough Maths, Science, Technology

• Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
• Exploring Patterns
• Our Living Environment
• The Material World
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Taking pupils to a museum, or bringing museum artefacts into school, changes the dynamics of the learning environment.

About. Museums give children experiences beyond the everyday – experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum, gives a teacher the opportunity to start afresh with each child, to reach and engage with pupils in different ways. This a tutorial unit to make better use of school days out.

Pedagogical content. This unit explores practical ways in which you can make the most of UK's extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums^(tool) and galleries. It gives you pathways into museum resources and shares examples of teachers and museum educators making the most of museum artefacts.

Resource details
Title	Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
Topic	[[Topics/Museums|Museums]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/|]]
Learning Objectives	to see how the use of objects and museum activities can enhance pupil learning to have explored the museum resources and support available to teachers, and how to access them
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/|]]
Table of contents	* Object-based learning * What's out there for our school? * Learning styles and museums
Useful information	Part of the Open University's Breakthrough to Mathematics, Science and Technology Series
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Enhancing_pupil-learning_on_museum_visits
Files and resources to view and download	Web tutorial with seven PDF documents: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2476