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2011-02-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Is research and teaching a key for preserving university collections and museums?

Soubiran, Sébastien

It is now well known that one of the main challenges for university collections is the recognition of the usefulness of their heritage value within the institution. As long as university collections are used for research ...

2011-02-10Zeitschriftenartikel

Relocation and revaluation in university collections, or, Rubbish Theory revisited

Meadow, Mark A.

Objects move from place to place, discipline to discipline, into and out of collections within the university (even at times into and out of the university). In the course of these relocations, these objects also continually ...

2011-02-10Zeitschriftenartikel

Microcosms: an introduction to an interdisciplinary museum project

Robertson, Bruce

This paper summarizes the questions raised by the research of Microcosms, an interdisciplinary, multi-campus research project at the University of California. This project considers the role of material collections in the ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

The exhibition of scientific principles: a case study from the Biological Sciences Museum at Macquarie University

Pearce, Morwenna; Simpson, Andrew

The educational role of museums requires that exhibition practice be informed by sound scholarship. In a university science museum, exhibitions should deploy objects and use space in a way that exemplifies the scientific ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Practical concerns when implementing object-based teaching in higher education

The first rule of business is “know your customer”. This essay focuses on the user’s perspective: what do tutors need to make OBL an attractive proposition? It dissects three customer needs: the need for engagement, ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Object handling in the archaeology classroom – Strategies for success

Sparks, Rachael Thyrza

Direct encounters with archaeological materials are an effective way to teach the practical side of the discipline while developing transferable skills such as observation, deductive reasoning, critical analysis and group ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Learning from university museums and collections in higher education: University College London (UCL)

Object-based learning (OBL), drawing on the rich resources of university museums and collections, offers a way of leaping lightly over knowledge hurdles. At UCL, over 100 course units include OBL, translating into 2,500 ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Heritage in hospitals: Using museum objects to teach communications skills

Museum objects can be used to inspire a wide variety of teaching and learning. This paper discusses how museum objects can be used to teach communications skills to medical students as part of a project investigating the ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Sequel – An artistic collaboration between the Slade School of Fine Art and UCL Museums & Collections

Students of the UCL Slade School of Fine Art made new work in response to old works in the UCL Art Collections for on-line and physical exhibition in the first half of 2009. This was the first collaboration of this sort ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

Object-based learning in higher education: The pedagogical power of museums

Chatterjee, Helen J.

Following a special conference focused on object-based learning in higher education at University College London (UCL), this paper provides the overview for a series of subsequent papers which explore the value of object-based ...

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