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| Schedule of UK Conference |
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| Tuesday,
Day 2 - 29 June 2010 : how the workforce is changing in the UK |
Day four enabled delegates to both review their experiences from day 3 and be introduced to those non-school based organisations who facilitate learning.
Known as Settings Other Than Schools (SOTs) in the UK, they offer a range of experiences which support the work of schools. We will be focussing on the work of museums (such as the National Museum Liverpool) and other agencies. |
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| Mark Parkinson, Head of Learning and Achievement and Kate Jones, Advisory Teacher, Wirral Children’s Services |
Learning Outside of the Classroom: what do we mean by this?
a.Learning outside of the normal classroom environment
b.Learning outside of the normal school day
What skills do we want to develop as a consequence of Learning Outside of the Classroom?
a.What outcomes are we looking for?
b.More enjoyable learning
c.More relevant curriculum
d.More “applied” learning
e.More independent learning
f.More lifelong learning
Range of examples of Learning Outside of the Classroom
a.Examples such as Extended Services, Sport/Outdoor Education, Science/Technology, ICT, Work Experience, etc
b.Examples from Wirral Schools
Assessing Learning Outside of the Classroom
Parental involvement |
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| Paul Khan and Claire Benjamin: National Museums Liverpool, International School Twinning and Community focused Museum Education |
National Museums Liverpool have worked on a number of international school twinning projects including Make the Link, Break the Chain which focused on slavery and its legacies and Make the Link, Be the Change which focused on climate changes and its affects on young people’s localities.
The design of these projects is ground breaking and ambitious. It takes development education and education for citizenship to new and exciting places. It is an attempt to really engage the energies of young people, to break down the classroom walls in the most constructive and meaningful way - to add a global dimension to their lives, their understanding of the past and their hopes for the future.
Young people from over 110 schools from 12 different countries; UK, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ecuador, Brazil, Haiti and El Salvador, worked together to explore the themes of slavery and Climate Change. Through conversation, creative writing, film, music, dance and the use of the internet they explored their separate and common history to create an understanding of the present and a united vision of the future.
The first part of the talk concentrated on these projects and we also invited delegates to participate in a new international school twinning project we are currently developing again focusing on climate change. The second part of the talk looked at ways of working with young people outside of a museum setting, through outreach and community engagement. Examples of this type of work include working with children and young people not in the formal school environment, using art based projects, handling boxes and theatre. Taking the museum experience out to different communities and neighbourhoods is a key part of the museum education strategy |
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Again, delegates were able to chose to participate in a number of options in the afternoon which best reflect their interests. On offer were seminars by Garrick Preyogg of the national Excell 3 programme (entitled Black Boys Can), and Bisakha Sarker of the South Asian dance company Chaturangan.
The main Conference Dinner was held for all participants at the IM Marsh campus of the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). |
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