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The Place of Finding: Enquiry-Based Learning in Archaeology
The aims of this project are to reveal the process of discovery as a life-skill; create a more diverse learning environment—encouraging engagement, developing comprehension and improving performance and retention; broaden an appreciation of the relevance of the past to the present; develop qualities of ethically aware citizenship; and enhance student employability and extend skills in the profession. These will be implemented through the key vocational and project-based modules which relate directly to employability and further research: Vocational Skills I, II and III (taught at each year of the undergraduate programme), the Long Essay (Year 2), the Dissertation (Year 3), compulsory fieldwork (Years 1 and 2), and the MA module: Research Skills. EBL methods will be embedded in both face-to-face taught and virtual elements of courses: delivered through interactive, dynamic class-based exercises, individual e-based resources and discussion forum, as well as field and laboratory-based workshops. The project team will utilise innovative technologies including class-based staged problem-solving using ‘clickers’; online wikis, blogs and moderated debate forums; hands-on laboratory, museum and experimental centre based workshops; and multi-media to create innovative assessments, disseminated through ‘theatre-based’ performances, web pages or temporary exhibitions.
Project Team: Melanie Giles and Hannah Cobb Faculty: Humanities
Funding year: 2009
Keywords: archaeology
