Evaluating Heritage Education (Workshop)

Who is it for?

This free workshop is for heritage professionals engaged with their institution's educational policy and practice. Participants should have direct engagement with a definable institution's provision of education. It is not suitable for consultants or postgraduate students unless they clearly meet the above criteria. Participants must be available for the duration of the workshop (11:00-15:30) and be willing to sign a standard research consent form.

What is it?

This very practical workshop will enable participants to actively employ an original educational evaluation approach using a model developed originally for higher education. Using their own institutional experience as the basis for their inputs, a collective vision will emerge. In addition to providing valuable insights into existing and future heritage education practice, the workshop represents a unique data collection methodology in which participants will annotate a shared diagrammatic representation of the evaluation framework itself.

10:30-11:00 - Arrival Coffee & pastries / Introductions

11:00-11:45 - Overview of the Evaluation Model and explanation of activities (formal start at 11:00)

11:45-13:00 - Workshop Activity I: current practice

13:00-13:00 - Self-Service Lunch in thestudio restaurant

13:30-14:30 -Workshop Activity II: future practice

14:30-15:30 - Plenary; Sharing insights into evaluation model and shared revelations (formal end at 15:30)

15:30-16:00- Afternoon Tea (home baked cookies) and Networking Opportunity

What does it cost?

Participation is limited to 16 individuals and is free. Coffee & pastries, self-service two-course lunch and afternoon tea are provided. Please do NOT book without being certain of your availability. There will be a short reserve list.

Who's doing it?

Simon has chosen to use evaluation workshops as a data collection method to further his doctoral research. As the Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at BPP University, and a doctoral researcher with the School of Museum Studies at Leicester University, he is an experienced workshop facilitator with over 20 years experience as an educator. The higher education model being shared is Simon's own scholarship.