This is a book about the learning potential of objects - whether
they're rare artefacts in museum collections, or found objects
discovered at a local car boot sale. This book grows from the
simple fact that learning by engaging with objects can be a
powerful experience. Whether you're a museum or gallery
professional, a schoolteacher, an interpreter, or simply intrigued
by this method of teaching, there will be something here for you.
Wonderful Things is packed with bright and tested ideas - often in
the form of games - which will help people of all ages relate to,
understand and explore museum objects. After an exploration of the
process of learning from objects, the book puts these principles
into practice, in the form of over 50 easy-to-set-up games,
designed to facilitate creative interaction with objects. Although
in themselves straightforward, many of the games can have
surprisingly powerful and stimulating results, impacts and
implications. Each game has been tested out and refined in practice
many times, and guidance is provided to ensure each game both runs
smoothly and provides the best possible learning outcomes. All the
games are ideal for use in classroom or museum settings, and most
are easily adapted for use with all educational ages, from 5-18.
However, some can also successfully facilitate interaction with
with adults; and the more complex, drama-based games have been used
in psychotherapeutic work and with older people for reminiscence.
Wonderful Things is designed for use with a wide range of
specialist staff - including educators, interpretors, designers,
curators, gallery "explainers," guides and volunteers - in museums,
galleries, science centres, historic houses and sites, parks, and
zoos. Praise for Wonderful Things: "A practical combination of
inspired ideas tempered with practical experience. The holistic
approach is refreshing and anyone working with artefacts should
find this an indispensible read. I thoroughly enjoyed Wonderful
Things " Kate Osborne, Learning & Skills Officer, Royal Albert
Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
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