Object-Based Learning and Well-Being: Exploring Material Connections - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138388041 ISBN 13: 9781138388048

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Object-Based Learning and Well-Being provides the first explicit analysis of the combined learning and well-being benefits of working with material culture and curated collections.

Following on from the widely acclaimed Engaging the Senses, this volume explicitly explores the connection between the value of material culture for both learning and well-being. Bringing together experts and practitioners from eight countries on four continents, the book analyses the significance of curated collections for structured cultural interventions that may bring both educational and well-being benefits. Topics covered include the role of material culture in relation to mental health; sensory impairments; and general student and teacher well-being. Contributors also consider how collections can be employed to positively address questions of identity and belonging relating to marginalisation, colonialism and forced displacement.

Object-Based Learning and Well-Being should be a key first point of reference for academics and students who are engaged in the study of object-based learning, museums, heritage, health and well-being. The book will be of particular interest to practitioners working in higher education, or those working in the cultural, heritage, museums and health sectors.

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About the Author

Thomas Kador is Senior Teaching Fellow on the Arts and Sciences (BASc) Programme at University College London, UK

Helen Chatterjee is Professor of Biology at University College London, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138388041
• ISBN 13: 9781138388048
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Kador Thomas, Chatterjee Helen