Convened By
\nElaine Davis (USA)<\/p>\n
Theme Details
\nThis theme addresses the challenges of teaching archaeology in the contemporary world. Sessions within this theme explore some of the questions that are central to teaching about the human past. The purpose of this theme is to bring together archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, educators, and other interested parties to share their teaching philosophies, educational goals and innovative approaches to the training of professional archaeologists and to teaching archaeology at all levels.<\/p>\n
Organized By
\nElaine Davis (USA) and Cecilia Ma\u00f1osa (Uruguay)<\/p>\n
Session Details
\nIn recent years, archaeologists have become more actively involved in pre-collegiate education and in interpreting and disseminating their research to the general public. However, as in history education, these initiatives have not been informed by research into how information about the past is learned and used, or by what students and other members of the public would like to learn about past human cultures. Equally unknown is the role that different instructional approaches play in the development of historical cognition.
\nHistory and archaeology education alike suffer from this lack of a research base for understanding the construction of historical knowledge. The significance of this deficit has begun to be recognized by scholars from many different parts of the world and from a number of disciplinary backgrounds. The purpose of this session is to bring together archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and educators to share their research interests, their methodological approaches, and to define some of the central questions that need to be understood in regard to historical cognition and implications for teaching about the human past. The session will be conducted as a forum, beginning with each participant providing a brief overview of her\/his work, followed by a panel discussion, and a time for audience participation. A desired outcome of the session is to develop an international, interdisciplinary research cohort whose work will focus on a core set of issues that will form a basis for cross-cultural comparative studies.<\/p>\n
Presentations
\nMaking History: An Inquiry Into How Children Construct The Past
\nElaine Davis (Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Colorado, USA) Who is Teaching the Past to Our Future?<\/p>\n
Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Figuerero Torres and Victoria Diana Horwitz (Secci\u00f3n Arqueolog\u00eda, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
\nWhat Do You Teach? Considerations For Development Of The Canadian Archaeological Association\u2019s Curriculum
\nJoanne Lea (Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Canada) We Wanted To Know, So We Asked the Children: An Archaeological Exploration of Historical Cognition
\nLinda Levstik (Curriculum and Instruction, University of Kentucky, USA) and A.Gwynn Henderson (Kentucky Archaeological Survey, Lexington , Kentucky, USA)
\nLinking Educational Communities Through Their Cultural Heritage
\nCecilia Ma\u00f1osa (Uruguay) and A.Gwynn Henderson (Kentucky Archaeological Survey, Lexington , Kentucky, USA) Archaeology and Ethics Education: Research, Evaluation and Implications
\nJeanne M. Moe (United States Bureau of Land Management: National Project Archaeology, Montana state University)
\nTeaching Social Studies: Is There An Athropological\/archeological Perspective? (or Points Overlooked In Social Studies Texts)
\nCarol W. Hill<\/p>\n
Session Time
\nDay Monday Date 23rd June
\nTime 9-11am Room Hannan 132<\/p>\n
Organized By
\nJohn H. Jameson, Jr (USA), Joseph Schuldenrein (USA), George S. Smith (USA) and John Collis (UK)<\/p>\n
Session Details
\nGlobalization is changing the archaeological world. The archaeology of the West is increasingly focused on the preservation of cultural resources, public interpretation issues, and the use of information systems and high technology for non-invasive investigations. Archaeological training programs are making a painful shift from an academic to an increasingly applied focus. In the developing world Heritage Management is emerging as a critical component of national economies to promote tourism and to structure development initiatives. Education and training programs in these countries are just now being fashioned. This session brings together archaeologists, educators, preservation planners, government managers, and representatives from development agencies to investigate the ways in which archaeological education and training must change to accommodate the archaeological realities of the 21st century worldwide.<\/p>\n
Tentative agenda:<\/p>\n
9:00 Session introduction – John H. Jameson, Jr., Joseph Schuldenrein, George S. Smith, & John Collis
\n9:05 The Great American Disconnect: Traditional Archaeology, Cultural Resources, and the Emerging Global Archeological Paradigm – Joseph Schuldenrein
\n9:20 Training for global archaeology – Geoff Carver
\n9:35 Training and Qualifications in Europe – John Collis
\n9:50 Uniting Europe Without Unifying Cultures: Archaeological Training and the Expansion of the European Union – Kenneth Aitchison
\n10:05 Archaeology and Globalization in practice: A Higher Education Example – Beverley Ballin Smith
\n10:20 Archaeology for the present: local and global education and training in Spain – Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero
\n10:35 Questions & answers<\/p>\n
11:00-11:30 BREAK<\/p>\n
11:30 Archaeology in the system of higher education in Ukraine in the context of globalization processes in Eastern Europe – Olena Smyntyna
\n11:45 Strategies for teaching Archaeology in the 21st century – Mark Staniforth
\n12:00 The Past in Contemporary Society: Knowing the Agenda – George S. Smith
\n12:15 Cultural Heritage Management, Education and Training in Africa – Steven A. Brandt, Fekri Hassan, and Peter Schmidt
\n12:30 Questions & answers<\/p>\n
1:00-2:00 LUNCH
\n2:00-3:30 Wednesday Plenary (refer to WAC-5 Program)<\/p>\n
4:00 Recent Advances in Archaeological Prospection Techniques – Steven L. De Vore
\n4:15 An Interdisciplinary Cross Training Course of Study for Archaeologists, Educators, and Interpreters in the National Park Service – John H. Jameson, Jr.
\n4:30 And, We Call Ourselves Professionals: Inroads into Professional Continuing Education – Carol J. Ellick
\n4:45 Keeping Archaeology alive in the 21st Century: The worth of Archaeology in contemporary society and using Public Archaeology to sustain our discipline – Jody Steele
\n5:00-5:15 Questions & answers
\n5:15-6:00 Issues summary and open discussion
\nPresentations
\nTraining And Qualifications In Europe
\nJohn Collis Recent Advances in Archaeological Prospection Techniques
\nSteven L. DeVore (US National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska , USA)
\nCultural Heritage Management, Education And Training In Africa
\nSteven A. Brandt (Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, USA), Fekri Hassan I(nstitute of Archaeology, University College London, UK) and Peter Schmidt (Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, USA) An Interdisciplinary Cross Training Course of Study for Archaeologists and Interpreters in the National Park Service
\nJohn H. Jameson, Jr. (US National Park Service, USA)
\nArchaelogy For The Present: Local And Global Education And Training In Spain
\nGonzalo Ruiz Zapatero (Dept of Archaeology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain) Uniting Europe Without Unifying Cultures: Archaeological Training and the Expansion of the European Union
\nKenneth Aitchison (Institute of Field Archaeologists, UK)
\nArchaeology In The System Of Higher Education In Ukraine In The Context Of Globalization Processes In Eastern Europe
\nOlena Smyntyna (I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine)
\nAnd We Call Ourselves Professionals: Inroads into Professional Continuing Education
\nCarol J. Ellick
\nArchaeology And Globalisation In Practice \u2013 A Higher Education Example
\nBeverley Ballin Smith
\nTraining for global archaeology
\nGeof J. Carver (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
\nThe Past In Contemporary Society: Knowing The Agenda
\nGeorge S. Smith Strategies for teaching Archaeology in the 21st century
\nMark Staniforth (Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Australia)
\nKeeping Archaeology Alive In The 21st Century: The Worth Of Archaeology In Contemporary Society And Using Public Archaeology To Sustain Our Discipline
\nJody Steele (Flinders University, Australia) The Great American Disconnect: Traditional Archaeology, Cultural Resources, and the Emerging Global Archeological Paradigm
\nJoseph Schuldenrein (Geoarcheology Research Associates, USA)<\/p>\n
Session Time
\nDay Wednesday Date 25th June
\nTime 9am-1pm & 4-6pm Room Shahan 204<\/p>\n
Organized By
\nClaire Smith (Australia) and Heather Burke (Australia)<\/p>\n
Session Details
\nThe aim of this workshop is to share novel and interesting ways of teaching archaeological concepts and processes at a tertiary level. Incorporating activity-based learning into archaeological field or lab-based courses has proven to be extremely effective at teaching students the essential practical aspects of the discipline, but can also be employed to engage students\u2019 attention with the more theoretical issues which inform current practice. The formal lecturing format is not always the best or most appropriate way of sharing knowledge or communicating the complexities of either past or present human behaviour\u2014and in many situations can be even less effective in terms of generating excitement for the discipline. Recognising this, teachers of archaeology increasingly are creating a range of active instructional strategies and tools designed to facilitate different styles of learning and to give some sense of the panorama that is archaeology.<\/p>\n
While archaeological teachers have serious and quite difficult concepts to communicate, this doesn\u2019t mean that teaching archaeology can\u2019t be fun. In fact, we would argue that the more fun students have, the more effectively they engage with the topic and the more they learn and take away with them. Having fun is also an effective way of maintaining the interest of the teacher. Active learning strategies have been widely employed in teaching archaeology to primary and high school students, but less so for tertiary level students, although The Archaeology Workbook, the Human Evolution Coloring Book, and the DIG exercise all immediately spring to mind. Regardless of your disciplinary area or the content of your courses, this workshop aims to search out new, alternative (and fun!) ways to teach archaeology to undergraduate students and invites you to share with others your best and most enjoyable classroom activities for teaching archaeology. We can all learn from the experience.<\/p>\n
Presentations
\nApproaching Population Genetics In A New Way: Chocolate As A Teaching Tool
\nStephanie Ford (University of New Mexico, USA) Kids these days
\nK. Anne Pyburn (Indiana University, USA)
\nWe Are Family: Teaching ‘Skin’ To Mununga
\nGamang, Kotjok, Bangirn, Kotjok and Wamutjan (Glen Wesan, Jimmy Wesan,
\nWugularr Community, NT and Claire Smith, Andy Warner & Stephanie Ford, Flinders University, South Australia) The Archaeological Classification of Desk Drawer Contents and “Excavating” the Professor’s Wastebasket: Simple Ideas to Teach Big Concepts
\nLarry J. Zimmerman (Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN USA)<\/p>\n
Toilets As Tools Of Teaching
\nH. Martin Wobst
\n(University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Students Producing Understanding: Turning Individuals into Production Teams
\nMargaret W. Conkey (Department of Anthropology and Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley, USA)<\/p>\n
Session Time
\nDay Sunday Date 22nd June
\nTime 4-6pm Room Pryzbyla 351<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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