
Hosted by: National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, February 24-26, 2021
Museum Education in Africa
Innovation, Sustainability and Lifelong Learning
Organised by:
Commonwealth Association of Museums
National Museums of Kenya
ICOM Kenya
UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Workshop
The Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) is meeting in Nairobi March 1-5, 2021. As a pre-CCEM event, the Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM), National Museums of Kenya (NMK), ICOM Kenya, and UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa are collaborating to organise a workshop on Museum Education for museum and cultural heritage professionals throughout Africa.
Topics to be covered include:
- Roundtable Discussions covering issues in various countries; participants bring educational materials for discussion/peer-review
- Museum Interpretation Principles & Techniques
- Learning Styles: Explore Quotient; Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, etc.
- 10 Steps in Developing Educational Programmes
- Community Programming: Informal/Continuing Education
- Integrating Museums into National Curricula
- Teacher Expectations
- Developing Curriculum-based Education Programmes
- Developing Resources for Teachers
- Identifying Links Between School Curricula in Africa and Museums
- Innovative Educational Programming: Case Studies
For further information, contact: commonwealthmuseums@gmail.com