This course provides an intensive overview of the educational approaches found in Australian museums and heritage sites through an experiential learning approach. In general, the course will be run as a five-day intensive in Canberra, and will consist of visits to at least seven cultural institutions and heritage sites, with discussion and learning activities led by each institution’s education and public programs staff (in consultation with ANU staff). Through action learning opportunities, students will be guided into developing analytical, synthetic and evaluative skills that allow them to observe, assess and compare audience-centred learning in a diversity of museum/heritage exhibitions and programs. (Students unable to visit Canberra during the main intensive may request an alternative opportunity to investigate authentic situations with museum/heritage professionals in either a self-paced mode in Canberra or in another mutually acceptable location.)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Students who fully satisfy the assessment requirements of this course will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Observe, report and reflect on teaching and learning practices observed in a range of national cultural and collecting institutions and sites.
- Demonstrate conceptual engagement with the diversity of audience-centred approaches to learning settings in museum/heritage contexts
- Engage in discussion with specialists in the field, and reflect on educational perspectives and the different types of learning that are employed by diverse cultural and heritage institutions with a view to developing new learning activities for use in such settings.
Indicative Assessment
In keeping with the flexible learning and professional development context of this program, assessment tasks will be tailored to suit individual students’ needs and interests. In general, however, assessment is expected to include:
- Contributions to pre- and post-intensive online discussions (15%; 800-1000 words)
- Learning journal to demonstrate reflective practice in engaging with observed programs/exhibitions (35%; 1000 words).
- Reports of observational exercises in authentic settings (25%; 1500 words, or equivalent as digital presentation)
- Written or digital presentation demonstrating a creative response to a learning opportunity at one of the institutions visited (25%; 2000-2500 words, or 5-8 minutes finished product)
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Workload
Students are expected to spend approximately 120 hours on this course, attending the on-campus intensive, working through self-paced pre- and post-intensive modules, contributing to online discussions and completing the assessment tasks.
Prescribed Texts
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean. (2007) Museums and education: purpose, pedagogy, performance. Routledge, Oxon & New York.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1926 | |
| 2014 | $2478 | |
| 2013 | $2472 | |
| 2012 | $2472 | |
| 2011 | $2424 | |
| 2010 | $2358 | |
| 2009 | $2286 | |
| 2008 | $2286 | |
| 2007 | $2286 | |
| 2006 | $2286 | |
| 2005 | $2286 | |
| 2004 | $1926 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $3618 |
| 2014 | $3762 |
| 2013 | $3756 |
| 2012 | $3756 |
| 2011 | $3756 |
| 2010 | $3750 |
| 2009 | $3618 |
| 2008 | $3618 |
| 2007 | $3618 |
| 2006 | $3618 |
| 2005 | $3618 |
| 2004 | $3618 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5546 | 30 Jun 2014 | 11 Jul 2014 | 11 Jul 2014 | 31 Jul 2014 | In Person | N/A |
