Archaeology to delight and instruct: active learning in the university classroom
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, CA Left Coast Press 2007
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Lectures as Usual? Teaching Archaeology for Fun / Claire Smith and Heather Burke; Part I: Role Play; 2. Seven Degrees of Archaeology, or Diverse Ways of Interpreting the Past / Heather Burke and Claire Smith; 3. The Great Debate: Archaeology, Repatriation, and Nationalism / Morag M. Kersel; Part II: Games; 4. Grasp, or Happy Families, the Archaeological Way / Gail Higginbottom; 5. The Skin Game: Teaching to Redress Stereotypes of Indigenous People / Claire Smith and Heather Burke; 6. The Big Dig: Theoretically Speaking / Gail Higginbottom; Part III: Simulations
This book presents novel and interesting ways of teaching archaeological concepts and processes to college and university students. Seeking alternatives to the formal lecture format, the various contributions seek better ways of communicating the complexities of human behavior and of engaging students in active learning about the past
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
ISBN:1598747843
9781598747843

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