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- Title
Strategies for Teaching Maritime Archaeology in the Twenty First Century.
- Authors
Staniforth, Mark
- Abstract
Maritime archaeology is a multi-faceted discipline that requires both theoretical learning and practical skills training. In the past most universities have approached the teaching of maritime archaeology as a full-time on-campus activity designed for ‘traditional’ graduate students; primarily those in their early twenties who have recently come from full-time undergraduate study and who are able to study on-campus. The needs of mature-age and other students who work and live in different places (or countries) and therefore cannot attend lectures on a regular basis (or at all) have largely been ignored. This paper provides a case study in the teaching of maritime archaeology from Australia that, in addition to ‘traditional’ on-campus teaching, includes four main components: (1) learning field methods through field schools; (2) skills training through the AIMA/NAS avocational training program; (3) distance learning topics available through CD-ROM and using the Internet; and (4) practicums, internships and fellowships. The author argues that programs to teach maritime archaeology in the twenty first century need to be flexible and to address the diverse needs of students who do not fit the ‘traditional’ model. This involves collaborative partnerships with other universities as well as government underwater cultural heritage management agencies and museums, primarily through field schools, practicums and internships.
- Subjects
ANTIQUITIES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research; ARCHAEOLOGY education; COMPUTER assisted instruction; INTERNET in education; LEARNING; PUBLIC institutions; OCCUPATIONAL training; OPTICAL disk drives; CD-ROMs; GRADUATE students; EDUCATION
- Publication
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 2, p93
- ISSN
1557-2285
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11457-008-9037-7