{"id":1464,"date":"2020-05-29T07:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T07:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2023-10-02T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T08:22:59","slug":"archaeological-learning-the-benefit-and-impact-of-archaeology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/2020\/05\/29\/archaeological-learning-the-benefit-and-impact-of-archaeology\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeological Learning &#8211; the benefit and impact of archaeology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This leaflet is a summary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/archaeologystrategy.scot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/08\/1517_ArchaeologicalLearning_Report-FINAL.pdf\">Archaeological Learning Report<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click here for the leaflet (PDF): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Archaeological-Learning-benefit-and-impact.pdf\">Archaeological Learning &#8211; benefit and impact<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Archaeological Learning study and subsequent report were commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland and carried out by Northlight Heritage under Aim 4 of <a href=\"http:\/\/archaeologystrategy.scot\/\">Scotland&#8217;s Archaeology Strategy<\/a>: Encouraging Greater Engagement. Aim 4 is more fully expressed in the strategy as: &#8216;To enable and encourage engagement with our past through creative and collaborative working, active involvement, learning for all ages and enhanced archaeological presentation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two of the study&#8217;s key aims were to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Show how and why archaeology is important and can be used as a tool to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create case studies that can be used by education professionals and others to promote archaeology through creative educational activities, with a focus on primary, secondary, higher and less formal education &#8211; highlighting what transferrable vocational skills can be learned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The study also scoped out ways that archaeological learning can benefit different audiences and deliver positive impacts in the context of national policy frameworks and educational provision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resource created for: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/\">Historic Environment Scotland<\/a> as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/archaeologystrategy.scot\/\">Scotland&#8217;s Archaeology Strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-289\" src=\"http:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/FULL-COLOUR-horizontal-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FULL-COLOUR-horizontal-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/FULL-COLOUR-horizontal-1024x164.jpg 1024w, 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