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2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

The role of object-based learning in transferable skills development

This paper considers how object-based learning (OBL) can be used to complement reflective skills development systems, which are commonplace in UK universities. It describes how some UCL students had difficulty understanding ...

2011-02-17Zeitschriftenartikel

The Museum Collections of Craft Teacher Training. Cultural heritage serving education and research

Tegelberg, Jaana

Craft science only got its name in the early 1990s. Its field of research combines science, art and technology. The Collections of Craft Teacher Training in the Helsinki University Museum present the link between tradition ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

The use of collections in research and teaching at the Museum of Texas Tech University

Ladkin, Nicola; Johnson, Eileen; Baker, Robert J.; Chatterjee, Sankar

Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas, is a multi-disciplinary institution conducting research and offering degrees in a multitude of academic, technological, and vocational fields. The museum supports the ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Visitor profiling for, and promotion of the biological and earth sciences museums, Macquarie University

Halliwell, Alisha; Simpson, Andrew

In 2007 Macquarie University undertook a significant restructure. It was anticipated that this would impact on the viability of the programs and resources of campus museums. The changes to university management practices ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Old bones, digital narratives: Investigating the Peter B. Cornwall Collection in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum

Morgan, Colleen; Boutin, Alexis T.; Jagani, Sheel; Porter, Benjamin W.

A joint team of archaeologists from the University of California, Berkeley and Sonoma State University are examining a collection of artifacts and skeletal material excavated by Peter B. Cornwall in Bahrain and eastern ...

2011-02-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Supporting interdisciplinary teaching and research with the Museum of Anthropology’s Online Artifact Database

Whittington, Stephen; Bryner, Kyle; Hancock, Beverlye; Smith, Tina

We present a case study of how the Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University developed and implemented a database system and online information service to promote and preserve its collections and make information ...

2011-02-11Zeitschriftenartikel

Saving our contemporary scientific and technical heritage with a safeguarding methodology

Thomas, Yves; Cuenca, Catherine

Science and technology have never known such advances as in the last 60 years. Consequently, the ideas and objects from the people that have made the events and milestones of scientific evolution in their university research ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

From anatomy to zoology: Results on the history of university collections based on trans-disciplinary research

Weber, Cornelia

The majority of research projects on the history of university collections are focused on a single collection or on collections of one discipline. Trans-disciplinary studies, however, despite opening up a different and ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Reorganizing a 20th century cabinet of curiosities into a museum for the 21st century

Fernández, Isabel M. García

This paper describes the life of a university museum that was born in the 1980s and transformed in the 21st century. Over a period of 25 years Professor Reverte collected more than 3700 objects and set up an authentic ...

2011-02-16Zeitschriftenartikel

Mendel Museum, the first university museum in the Czech Republic – Short excursion to the history of university museums in the Czech Republic

Dostál, Ondrej

Mendel Museum has been a part of Masaryk University since 2007 and is the first comprehensive university museum in the modern history of the Czech Republic. It aims to promote the legacy of Gregor Johann Mendel, the ...

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