Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- develop your time management skills
- develop your verbal presentation skills
- work as part of a team, where each team member makes a different contribution
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the impact of museum exhibitions on the construction of knowledge
- the problems of interpretation and presentation when communicating archaeology to non- professional audiences
- the power and importance of material culture in communicating ideas about cultures past and present
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- prepare exhibition design proposals for a non-professional audiences
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Seminar | 8 |
Fieldwork | 8 |
Lecture | 16 |
Completion of assessment task | 80 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 38 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Falk, J.H. & L. Dierking (2000). Learning from Museums. Walnut Creek CA: Altamira Press.
Marstine, J. (ed.) (2006). New Museum Theory and Practice. Oxford: Blackwell.
Parry, R. (2010). Museums in a Digital Age. London: Routledge.
Sandell, R. (ed.) (2002). Museums, Society, Inequality. London: Routledge.
Dean, D. (1997). Museum Exhibition. Theory and practice. London: Routledge.
Lord, B and G. Lord. (eds) (2002). The Manual of Museum Exhibitions. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
Swain, H. (2009). An Introduction to Museum Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Moser, S. (2006). Wondrous Curiosities. Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Ambrose, T. and C. Paine (2012). Museum Basics.. London: Routledge.
Kreps, C.F (2003). Liberating culture: cross-cultural perspectives on museums, curation, and heritage preservation. London: Routledge.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Group presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: Yes
Project plan
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Group project report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal