By Linda on 20 April, 2011
A recent forum at the University of Canberra inspired Linda to cogitate on concepts. Read more >
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged learning, teaching
By Jess on 18 April, 2011
Australian teachers are not the only ones busily studying the new Australian Curriculum. Here at the Museum, we have been actively familiarising ourselves, with a particular focus on the History strand. Our office walls have been consumed by summary pages of the Australian Curriculum: History; we have had meetings devoted to exploring, learning and memorising the content of each year level; [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Classroom resources, Inspiration | Tagged Australian Curriculum, teaching
By Jess on 13 April, 2011
Yesterday, Susannah and I facilitated a Not just Ned: Irish Migration Stories education program with a fantastic bunch of year 3 – 4 students. After the students had completed the discovery trail through the exhibition, we came back to our education rooms for a reflective exercise, which we learnt from Claudette Bateup our previous manager, to discover what [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged engagement
By Susannah on 17 March, 2011
Sometimes an exhibition-in-progress is more interesting to students (and educators!) than a fully finished one. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration, Objects, Program | Tagged children, conservation, engagement, museology, teaching, wonder
By Cath on 2 March, 2011
This post introduces a set of resources on the National Museum website. Its starting point is resources related to Queensland, but from there it broadens to include resources of national interest. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources, Professional learning | Tagged communications, environment, history, Indigenous, Queensland, teaching, transport
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 Jess on 15 February, 2011
You may think January is a relaxing time in the Education section, enjoying the quiet lull before the tide of visiting school groups wash through our doors. Well, we have been everything but relaxing as we prepare for the Museum’s upcoming exhibition Not just Ned: a true history of the Irish in Australia, which opens on 17 March. [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition | Tagged critical thinking, programs, sources, teaching, veracity
By Cath on 14 February, 2011
Teaching or learning about Indigenous culture and history? See the following clips, produced during development of the exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route. Read more >
Posted in Classroom resources | Tagged art, children, culture, history, Indigenous, video
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