By Cath on 12 March, 2013
Canberra is 100 today! To mark the centenary, we have a new exhibition, Glorious Days: Australia 1913, and a suite of special programs for school groups. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration, Professional learning, Program | Tagged art, culture, exhibitions, history
By Jonathan Nalder, guest blogger on 12 September, 2012
A guest post by Jonathan Nalder from the Division of Indigenous Education and Training Futures, Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment, who worked with us to produce replicas of Oscar’s sketchbook so we could all use it for programs about Indigenous culture and history. Here, Jonathan talks about using the replicas in the Learning@Hand forum on mobile learning. Read more >
Posted in Inspiration, Objects, Professional learning | Tagged art, culture, haptic learning, history, Indigenous, Queensland
By Marie-Ann on 18 June, 2012
With support from Queensland’s Department of Education & Training, the Museum has produced replicas of an amazing object – a late 19th-century book of drawings by an Indigenous boy called Oscar. Marie-Ann explores how the books provide a palpable connection to the past and inspire all kinds of wonder. Read more >
Posted in Inspiration, Objects, Program | Tagged art, culture, emotional engagement, haptic learning, Indigenous, storytelling, wonder
By Susanna on 21 December, 2011
At a recent event about our exhibition of modern Chinese art, we heard three unique perspectives from three different teachers of: history, visual art and Chinese language and culture. Marie-Ann, Veronika and Susanna report. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration, Professional learning | Tagged art, culture, history, language, professional development
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
By Cath on 15 December, 2010
Yesterday we enjoyed some time with Curtis Taylor, whose short films appear in the wonderful Yiwarra Kuju (One Road) multi-touch table. Curtis is from Martu country, the western region of the stock route. Below are notes from some of the team about the visit. TRISH: A heartfelt thanks to Curtis for sharing his background knowledge [...] Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, engagement, history, Indigenous, real, storytelling, Western Australia
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 Cath on 25 August, 2010
As mentioned in an earlier post about Yiwarra Kuju, this is the amazing multitouch table. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration | Tagged art, culture, history, Indigenous, interactive, multitouch, technology, Western Australia
By Cath on 18 August, 2010
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route is a wonderful (and *free*) exhibition at the National Museum, well worth a visit for yourself and for students of any age. It’s about the history of the droving route through Western Australia but it’s also about what’s going on in Country now. For visitors to the exhibition, Education [...] Read more >
Posted in Be involved, Classroom resources, Exhibition | Tagged art, history, Indigenous, Western Australia
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