through history and heritage education
The project is financed by Nordplus Horizontal. It has the aim to stimulate the development of social sustainability in the Nordic-Baltic countries through history and heritage education. We do this by developing new co-creative learning and development processes for schoolteachers and employees at heritage institutions.
In the Nordic-Baltic countries, there are many programs tailored for schools by the heritage organisations with learning activities where schools visit cultural heritage institutions such as archives, libraries, and museums. Collaboration between schools and heritage institutions on developing these activities is however poor. A risk is that learning activities at heritage institutions becomes irrelevant for the schools’ curriculums, the teaching activities at schools and for the way learning outcomes are assessed at schools.
The aim of the project is to develop competencies in co-creation processes between teachers at schools and pedagogical staff at heritage institutions. The aim is furthermore to develop competencies in the areas of social sustainability, culture and community resilience through history and heritage education. On an organisational level, the aim is to develop new methods regarding the way schools and heritage institutions together work with education. The aim is furthermore to develop co-creation processes leading to a social sustainable integration between the two types of organisations on history and heritage education.
Background
A previous Nordplus Horizontal project Museums and Education in the North compared initiatives in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in relation to cooperation between museums and schools: “Skoletjenesten” in Denmark, “Den kulturelle skolesekken” in Norway, “Skapande skola” in Sweden, and the Finnish model with more local varieties. Research was added and resulted in an anthology edited by Tine Fristrup entitled Museums and Education in the North (2020) with contributions from the project participants.
The conclusions from the research were clear. There exist many learning activities in the Nordic countries where schools visit cultural heritage institutions such as museums and where the schools are offered different kind of activities for the pupils. On the other hand, collaboration on developing these activities is poor and typically not existing.
Coordinator
University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Partners
The Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning and Creativity (NCK), Sweden
Thor Heyerdahl Videregående skole, Norway
Gymnasiet Grankulla samskola, Finland
Gymnasiet Laerkan, Finland
Vestfoldmuseene, Norway
Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, Finland
Svenska Folkskolans Vänner, Finland
A. P. Møller Skolen, Schleswig/Slesvig, Germany
The role of NCK
In close collaboration with USN contribute to analyses, development, and evaluations and in conducting seminars and workshops.
For more information, contact at NCK: Charina Knutson
