The Heritage Glossary Project

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology to Transform and Disrupt: Teaching, Learning, and the Pedagogies of the Future" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Heritage is a multidisciplinary field. Students of heritage come to the subject from a broad array of backgrounds, nationalities, and languages. The word heritage has many meanings depending on context and understanding the multiple meanings of the word itself is the first “translation” I task students with in the classroom when the semester begins. The Heritage Glossary Project grew out of this classroom exercise. The aim of the project is to produce a resource to support heritage education for students who do not have English as their first language, or who do not have a disciplinary background in heritage or archaeology. The project is UK-based. The first stage of the project has been to learn from student experience of heritage education and compile a glossary for their practical use, drawing on student feedback and engagement. This paper will account for the first stage of the project, and future steps toward developing inclusive resources for heritage education.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeology to Transform and Disrupt: Teaching, Learning, and the Pedagogies of the Future   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 41501.0