Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits: Difference between revisions

From OER in Education
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:
|resourcenumber=TE006
|resourcenumber=TE006
|age=NA
|age=NA
|content=<br/>* Object-based learning <br/>* What's out there for our school? <br/>* Learning styles and museums <br /> Next Steps. References and acknowledgements  
|content=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.
 
 
<br/>* Object-based learning <br/>* What's out there for our school? <br/>* Learning styles and museums <br /> Next Steps. References and acknowledgements  
|strategy=
|strategy=
|Learning Objectives=
|Learning Objectives=
Line 17: Line 20:
|format=Web tutorial unit with seven PDF documents
|format=Web tutorial unit with seven PDF documents
|resources=Tutorial: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2476  
|resources=Tutorial: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2476  
Preview images of Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
   
   
[[File:Learningonmuseumvisits0.png]]
[[File:Learningonmuseumvisits0.png|border|350px|link=|Preview of Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits]]
[[File:Learningonmuseumvisits1.png]]
[[File:Learningonmuseumvisits1.png]]border|350px|link=|Preview of Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits]]
}}
}}
[[Category:Secondary]][[Category:Science]][[Category:Teacher Education]][[Category:External Resource]]
[[Category:Secondary]][[Category:Science]][[Category:Teacher Education]][[Category:External Resource]]

Revision as of 23:25, 19 September 2012

ORBIT-wiki-logo.jpg

About. 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.



* Object-based learning
* What's out there for our school?
* Learning styles and museums
Next Steps. References and acknowledgements

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. (edit)

Resource details
Title Enhancing pupil-learning on museum visits
Topic [[Topics/Museums|Museums]]
Teaching approach

[[Teaching Approaches/|]]

Learning Objectives
  • To understand 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 those services
Format / structure

Web tutorial unit with seven PDF documents

Subject

[[Resources/Science|Science]]

Age of students / grade

[[Resources/|]]


Useful information

Part of the Open University's Breakthrough to Mathematics, Science and Technology Series

Related ORBIT Wiki Resources
Files and resources to view and download