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Page 1: Beyond these museum walls: educators as curators of learning...Beyond these museum walls: educators as curators of learning Ethel D. Villafranca The University of Melbourne “What

Beyond these museum walls: educators as curators of learning

Ethel D. VillafrancaThe University of Melbourne

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“What can school teachers learn from

museums in maximising

affordances* of the learning environment to facilitate students’

deep learning?”

*Affordances are the perceived and actual functional properties that determine possible uses of an object (Pea, 1993)

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Curated Learning

1) Investigate strategies museum educators use for maximising features of the learning environment that facilitate students’ deep learning.

2) Explore possibility for transferring these strategies to classroom practice.

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Let’s talk numbers:

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Curated Learning

A pedagogical approach that involves purposeful selection, manipulation, and use of objectsand spaces within a learning environment to set up conditions for students’ deep learning.

-Villafranca, 2018

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Learning Environment – Affordance- Deep Learning Strategies

Framework

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More numbers:

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And some more numbers: (partial results)

171

163

66

57

49

44

35

32

30

16

9

7

7

6

5

2

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Visual engagement

Information aid

Authenticity

Critical thinking

Curiosity/imagination

Experiential Learning

Sensory experience

Emotional Resonance

Information transmission

Others

Relevance

Collaboration

Movement

Choice

Shift in Authority

Creativity

120

104

101

95

31

15

4

3

3

2

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Object (Carried)Technology (Carried)

ImageTechnology…

TextMoving Image

Object (Installed)Sensory stimuli

Spatial…Others

Elements of the learning environment used

How elements are used (Affordance)

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Emerging findings

Culture of collaboration and cooperation• Enable Student-student; student-teacher; teacher-

teacher teaching and learning• Create opportunities for collaborative learning• Build partnerships for collaborative teaching

Students and teachers are both empowered• No one ‘owns’ the space• Allow students to solve problems their own way

Flexible • Maximise affordances of elements within• Utilise technology to enhance discussions• Take advantage of flexible/open/blank spaces and

furniture• Remove “front” of the room

Creative• Implement planned lessons creatively• Explore creative solutions to issues of the physical

space – i.e. noise (voice lessons)

Iterative• Adopt a ‘failing forward’ attitude • Allow an iterative process of teaching - nothing is

ever final• Respond quickly and positively to change and

‘assessment”

Positive learning environment• Foster open communication• Admit limitation of knowledge• Correct misconceptions in a respectful manner

Multiple teaching approach• Combine direct instruction, indirect instruction,

team teaching, class discussion etc)• Supplement inquiry-based teaching with physical

objects• Provide hands-on and self-directed learning

opportunities• Encourage both surface and deep learning

Relevant• Demonstrate real life application of

concepts/lessons• Articulate the ‘so what’ in student’s day to day life

CURATED LEARNING: CHARACTERISTICS & STRATEGIES

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