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Book Chapter
Education and Heritage
2014
Overview
This chapter explores why learning about heritage is important and how it is taught. It explores power relations, culturally appropriate knowledge and the importance of language in knowledge transmission and examines the differing attitudes pertaining to heritage education and the teaching of curatorial studies and preservation in the light of my New Zealand research. The chapter establishes the perceptions of past programmes and sets the context for how awareness of values could be incorporated into educational programmes for heritage professionals. Heritage is intrinsically linked to education, but in order to learn about the values of a culture, it is necessary to know the language so the concepts can be understood. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the history of the Native School system in rural Mori communities demonstrates that suppression of Mori language and culture was an established part of schooling for young Mori in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
This chapter discusses the perceptions of values and cultural values within education. The challenges of raising awareness of differing, and constantly changing, cultural values are many. Each culture, society, community and individual has its own values, and raising awareness and understanding of them is a complex issue. Heritage education programmes should include an awareness of the cultural values of different cultures. The idea of underlying principles can be related to the intended learning outcomes (ILO) of an education programme. The museum studies course at Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand, has made progress in this area and it has been highlighted as an example of a programme that includes cultural values. Language is vital for learning about a culture and understanding differences. Interestingly, the heritage professionals demonstrated a greater knowledge of the Mori language than did the general population. The heritage professionals demonstrated a greater knowledge of the Mori language than did the general population.
Publisher
Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN
9781409428954, 1409428958, 9780815399568, 0815399561, 9781472408211, 1472408217
