Reading Town Hall,
Blagrave Street,
Reading,
Berkshire
03 July 2002
Learning through Museums and Galleries: how can we learn from our heritage and who and what is included
The National Learning Forum is a uniquely broad group of individuals and organisations with an interest in developing a culture of lifelong learning.
It is co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning and meets three times a year. the aim is to explore serious learning issues in an enjoyable, interactive way. This is achieved by combining leading edge thinking with facilitated opportunities for participants to reflect on what and how they can do things differently in their own roles.
Speakers at previous National Learning Forums in clude Sir Bernard Crick,
Prof Bob Fryer, Dr Peter Honey, Dame Tamsyn Imison, Prof Stephen Heppel,
Hilary Cottam, Paul Manners, Heather Rabbatts, Ruth Silver and Imogen Wilde.
Some of the themes covered include Schools in the Learning Age, The Learning
Society, Supporting the Learner, Transforming Learning Behaviours, Citizenship for Real and Learning through the Media.
The 14th National Learning Forum will look at the role that museums and galleries and heritage learning in the 21st Century. The workshops will share some of the 'cutting edge' work that is already going on in the sector and will explore ways of working with a range of other organisations to broaden the access to their collections and services in ever more interesting ways. Keynote sessions will challenge you to imagine what it could be like if we dare to break the mould! The National Learning Forum's resident facilitator will concentrate minds on how we can all play a part.
Who should attend
* Anyone with an interest in learning and learners especially those who are always looking for new learning experiences for themselves or for
the people they work with.
* All those involved in widening participation, including LSC and LEA adult and community learning managers.
* Family Learning managers and co-ordinators
* People who are interested in promoting a culturally diverse heritage.
* The teaching and learning managers in schools, colleges and universities.
* People working with older learners and with young people.
Museum and gallery educators who are really interested in networking outside the sector and finding new partners.
Contact information
Name
Rachel Johnstone
Email
rjohnstone@cflearning.org.uk
Telephone
01823 660040
Agenda
0930
Registration, tea and coffee
1000
Welcome - Linda Siegle (Regional Director South- Campaign for Learning)
1005
The Future from the Past A view from the Campaign for Learning through Museums and Galleries and ideas from its 'Manifesto Group' think tank - Nicola Nuttall (Director - clmg) and Bill Lucas (Chief Executive- Campaign for Learning)
1050
So what will you do differently? Mike Leibling (Director, Trainset - Facilitator)
1105
Refresh yourself again! Tea and coffee
1130
Workshops: 1. Keep it in the family: engaging family learners in museums and galleries
Campaign for Learning Family Learning Day - Campaign Manager, Brioney Hirst. Family fortunes! Kate Osborne, South West Museums Council & Brain Stewart, Falmouth Art Gallery. Family learning resources in action, Julia Sparrowhawk, London Transport Museum
2. Opening up: working with young people in museums and galleries.
Suzanne Rider, national co-ordinator, Opening the Doors project for young people in museums and galleries. Museum Fever!, Jane Fletcher, North West Museums Service & Liz Dance, Salford Foyer. The highs and lows of working with young people, Dan Packe, Youth Worker and Emma Hawthorne, West Midlands Regional Museums Council
3. Never too late to learn: creative projects with older learners in museums and galleries. Making Memories, Jane Walton, Yorkshire Museums Council.
Drawn from Memory, Isabel Hughes and Jocelyn Goddard (Paul Rees, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside)
4. Building Cohesive Communities: cultural diversity and working with communities in museums and galleries. Building a community museum for Hackney, Fiona Davidson, Hackney Museum.Audience development and working with communities, Ann Nicol, University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum (Community volunteer programme at the Imperial War Museum North, Debbie Walker, Imperial War Museum North) (Cultural Diversity in museums, Rajiv Anand, Development Officer, Cultural Diversity, Resource: the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives)
1230
Hot lunch and networking!
1330
Arts & Heritage from the Streets Making the connection between visual arts, heritage and real lives - Christine Wilkinson (Community Artist in residence)
1400
Workshops repeated
1500
"Good news: the school crocodile is (nearly) dead" David Anderson (Director of Learning and Visitor Services, V&A )
1530
Plenary: so how will you do it differently? Mike Leibling and panel.
