Ange
Histories, stories, communities and objects are interesting! So are kids: 'specially their openess, honesty and enthusiasm.
By Ange on 11 August, 2011
Ange reviews the recent world-change in the Museum’s Education team through a then and now photo duo. Read more >
Posted in Professional learning | Tagged museum education, teaching
By Ange on 28 February, 2011
How do you make history dynamic and engaging when the students are 400 kilometres away from you? Last week we had a video conference with 16 extremely switched on Yr 12 Extension History students from NSW who wanted to link up and explore with us ‘the role of national museums in constructing and representing history’. [...] Read more >
Posted in Program | Tagged critical thinking, history, inclusion, museology, technology, video conference
By Ange on 28 February, 2011
Here’s a heads up! On Thursday 17th March we’ve got a special evening viewing for educators of our latest temporary exhibition ‘Not just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia’. The exhibition opens on 17 March 2011 and runs until 31 July 2011 and entry is $10 (Adult) $5 (Child). To celebrate St [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Exhibition, Professional learning, Program | Tagged educator, exhibitions, history, Irish, migration
By Ange on 14 November, 2010
When I first started working at the National Museum of Australia I was blown away by all the fascinating objects we let the students handle. Some of the objects are replicas, as the conservation team would have a nervous breakdown if we let students handle the artifacts, but some of the objects are the real deal, including [...] Read more >
Posted in Objects | Tagged authenticity, history, real, war
By Ange on 12 November, 2010
A lot of people have been doing a lot of talking about the way we teach history, why students engage with this subject and, more importantly, why they disengage. One response to this is the developing national curriculum. Any sort of curriculum is going to try and achieve a balance between content, skills and methodology, [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved | Tagged children, culture, emotional engagement, history, storytelling, theatre
By Ange on 2 November, 2010
It’s springtime, and that means BUGS, SPIDERS, FLIES and all sorts of insects abound, and that (in turn) gets us thinking two things: More house work How do museums stop creepycrawlies? The education mob was provided with some answers to our second thought by Donna Wilks, a preventative technical officer who works for the conservation [...] Read more >
Posted in Objects | Tagged conservation, insects
By Ange on 29 October, 2010
Cub bloggers Dawn and Ange reporting in with another story from Acton. It’s important to be inclusive, right? And to live in a place that’s cohesive, yes? These are important values to Australians that are celebrated every year on March 21st. Harmony Day seeks to speak, loud and proud, the key message, ‘Everyone Belongs’. These [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged cohesion, harmony, inclusion, storytelling
By Ange on 21 October, 2010
We had some senior students in yesterday exploring veracity, omission and bias in primary sources, and ended up having an interesting discussion about the perception people have of reliability in relation to visual texts. Read more >
Posted in Inspiration, Objects | Tagged art, critical thinking, gold, internment, photographs, real, veracity
By Ange on 24 September, 2010
Ah, objects can tell so many stories! Dawn and I want to tell you about our latest education collection acquisition. It’s a suitcase. After World War II (in 1949) this suitcase travelled to Australia with Elisabeth and Johannes Peter (and Elisabeth’s daughter Brigitte) from Germany. They were displaced people. They travelled on the converted troop ship [...] Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged displaced persons, health, history, migration, teaching
By Ange on 17 September, 2010
I’m not about to say I could construct a definitive list of ‘things kids like in museums’, but I think I can confidently say BIG THINGS and REAL STUFF would make appearances on said list. Kids in museums are like an illustration of the academic Stephen Greenblatt’s description of the wonder and resonance that can [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged authenticity, big, real, resonance, wonder
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