Building a Learning Legacy Cymru
NB Dates changed!
What teachers want from a visit to your museum
Monday
4 Feb 2008 at Swansea Museum and National
Waterfront Museum
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programme
Wednesday 20 Feb 2008
at Powysland Museum, Welshpool
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Monday
25 Feb 2008
at Gwynedd Museum,
Bangor
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programme
Download Bangor programme in Welsh
Each event is being run from 10:00 –16:00
This is the second of two skills sharing networking training events to be held at locations across Wales as part of the Building a Learning Legacy Cymru project. The key aim is the sharing of ideas and expertise amongst museums in Wales, in particular those who may not have dedicated learning teams or have recently extended their learning work.
Download information about both events (pdf 96KB).
Download application form for the What teachers want event (pdf 73KB).
The day is for those who:
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are new to museum learning
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have just taken on a role that involves learning
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have to do everything in their museum
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want to explore working with schools
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would like the opportunity to share ideas with colleagues and take away new ways of working with schools
Context
Working with schools and learning outside the classroom is becoming increasingly important to museums. Funders more frequently look at a proposed project to see the potential impact on local communities including work with schools. This can appear daunting in smaller museums or those where funding is very restricted.
The day should show that working with schools can bring your museum to life in different ways. It will provide an opportunity to explore what an increase in learning can bring to your museum and how this can be brought about.
Content
This will vary from venue to venue as the host museum and local speakers will talk about their work relating to the topic but the day will include:
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a local teacher discussing what they look for to make a perfect day at a museum
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a general look at how to work with the national curriculum
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working with funders and/or partners, with local examples
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materials to help such as paperwork, policies, trails and worksheets
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teachers’ packs – what teachers want
Outcomes
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A clearer idea of what might be done
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A clearer idea of what matters to teachers
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Resources to support working with schools
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Links to a skills share network
Sharing skills is a key part of the day so it would be great if you would bring resources to share whether they were great successes or pitfalls that you could warn about.
Further information
Please contact the Learning Development Officer if you wish to know more
about the day or how it could help you:
Clodagh Cherry at
clodaghcherry@dsl.pipex.com
or tel. 01244 571577