Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies

Susan J. Bender, Phyllis M. Messenger

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780813056142
• eBook ISBN:
  9780813052489
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies presents teaching strategies for helping students think critically about the meanings of the past today. In these pragmatic case studies, experienced teachers discuss ways to integrate the values of heritage studies into archaeology curricula, illustrating how the two fields enrich each other and how perspectives drawn from teaching public archaeology invite such engagement. The contributors argue for encouraging empathy, which can lead to awareness of the continuity between past and present; for reflecting on contemporary cultural norms; and for engagement with current issues of social and climate justice. These practical examples model ways to introduce diverse perspectives on history in pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate contexts while frankly assessing the challenges and pitfalls of these approaches. Emphasizing the importance of heritage studies principles and active learning in archaeological education, this handbook and its companion, History and Approaches to Heritage Studies, provide tools to equip archaeologists and heritage professionals with collaborative, community-based, and activist approaches to the past. Contributors: Susan J. Bender | Richard Effland | Ricardo J. Elia | Frances Hayashida | A. Gwynn Henderson | Elizabeth Kryder-Reid | Meredith Anderson Langlitz | Nicolas Laracuente | Shereen Lerner | Alicia Ebbitt McGill | Lewis C. "Skip" Messenger, Jr. | Phyllis Mauch Messenger | Amalia Pérez-Juez | Thomas Pluckhahn | Charles S. White Volumes in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel

Table of contents

• Cover
• Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction: Pedagogy and Practice in Heritage Studies
• 1. Archaeology in School: Student Learning Outcomes
• 2. Archaeology in School: Tapping into Histories and Historical Inquiry
• 3. Assessing Student Learning in Heritage Studies: What Does It Mean for Students to “Understand” Archaeological Ethics?
• 4. The Challenges of Curriculum Change and the Pedagogy of Public Archaeology and CRM at the University of South Florida
• 5. Teaching Heritage in the Field: An Example from Menorca, Spain
• 6. Educating Students about the Modern Realities of Exploring the Ancient Middle East
• 7. Do the Homeless Have Heritage? Archaeology and the Pedagogy of Discomfort
• 8. Learning to Listen
• 9. Experiencing Antiquity in the First Person through Archaeological Fiction: The Pedagogical Opportunities of BACAB CAAS
• Further Exploration Identity and Heritage: A Faculty Interview on the Use of Image in the Classroom
• 10. Connecting the Dots: Teaching Archaeology and Social Relevance
• 11. Making Connections in Food, Foraging, and Farming
• List of Contributors
• Index