Engaging the Senses: Object-Based Learning in Higher Education - 9781472446152

Taylor & Francis

The use of museum collections as a path to learning for university students is fast becoming a new pedagogy for higher education. The positive benefits of \u2019active\u2019 and \u2019experiential learning\u2019 are being recognised in universities at both a strategic level and in daily teaching practice. As museum artefacts, specimens and art works are used to evoke, provoke, and challenge students\u2019 engagement with their subject, so transformational learning can take place. An international group of authors offer a spectrum of approaches at work in higher education today. They explore contemporary principles and practice of object-based learning in higher education, demonstrating the value of using collections in this context and considering the relationship between academic discipline and object-based learning as a teaching strategy. > The use of museum collections as a path to learning for university students is fast becoming a new pedagogy for higher education. Despite a ""