heritage education

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HERITAGE EDUCATION

PERSPECTIVESAN OVERVIEW..


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History lives in song, in generational memory,

in the tale told by a mother plaiting the hair ofher young, questioning daughter, in the soft

afternoon sunlight drifting through speckled

mango trees, in the music of a marriage when in

the early hours of a grey morning, the singers of

night cluster over a warm fire.-MJ Akbar

WHAT IS

HERITAGE ?

Cultural Heritage are all traces of

human acts and behavior that our

ancestors have passed on to us and

where we as an individual or a

community attribute a certain value to.

Heritage is not only tangible as is seen

in monuments and ancient works of art

but can be intangible as well music,

dances, folklore, rituals, customs andpractices.


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HERITAGE

EDUCATION

Heritage Education is an approach to

teaching and learning that usesinformation available from tangibleand intangible heritage materials asinstructional resources.

Through Heritage education childrendevelop historical consciousness.

Contact with the authentic remainsbrings the past closer and thechildren become aware of what thevalue of preservation is as thisheritage is for their future.

They are the future conservators andthis direct contact challenges themto investigate and to look at theirenvironment in a different way.


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GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO HERITAGE

EDUCATION

Access to culture and heritage is a basic human

right

In India heritage is a way of life , our collective

memory and identity

Heritage Awareness, action and good citizenship

should be major goals of Education.

The most urgent priority is to address threats to

the natural environment such as global warming.


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HERITAGE EDUCATION

Is not just about the past, but the past,present and future.

Is about inspiring creativity and culturalenergy in everyone.

Should be multi-disciplinary andexperiential.

Should be enjoyable

Should encourage critical thinking

Brings together the intangible with thetangible.

Is also about nurturing responsibilitiesand values such as respect for othercultures, brotherhood, peace andunderstanding.


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IMPLEMENTATION OF

HERITAGE EDUCATION

Connecting heritage education to the existingcurriculum- to the various subjects taught

Simple mathematics to forms sphere, cylinder, number ofstorey etc

Natural Heritage combined with biology Cultural landscapes with Geography Metal crafts with physics or chemistry.

Connecting heritage education to the local

curriculum As heritage is all around us, it pertains to the immediateenvironment and community where the children live -languages, festivals, values and significance.

Heritage education as an extra curricular activity. traditional dance , music, craft, food etc. It could also

include training children in specific heritage skills ( e.g

making a museum inventory, recording oral history,photography ,documentation and using this to crateexhibitions, public performance ,publications andonline resources)


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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

programs with World Heritage Education (WHE)

ESD is defined as an education approach which supports

and promotes sustainable development, a developmentwhich recognizes the finite nature of the worlds resources

that it is an education approach which

places great emphasis on the need to ensure abetter quality of life for all, in a just and equitable

manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting

ecosystems .

a vision of education that seeks to

empower people to assume responsibility

for creating a sustainable future.

UNESCO has declared 2005 to 2015 as the

Decade for ESD.


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HERITAGE EDUCATIONPROGRAMS

My City MyHeritage( Heritage walks for

schools) Heritage and Craft

The Environmentaround us

Creativeexpressionsthrough Art forms

Creative writing

Heritage radio

Films

Nature trail

Museum andEducation

Setting up a microenterprise


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FRAMEWORKS FOR THEFUTURE

Environmental Atlas of the PondicherryBio region. Documentary Movie on thenatural heritage of Pondicherry

Workbook on the Heritage of the region bilingual

Workshops on Heritage education twice a year

Creation of a knowledge centre forHeritage Education. This knowledgecentre will be responsible in trainingteachers in Heritage and Value basededucation, conduct research ininnovative teaching techniques anddisseminate knowledge in the area ofexpertise.

Heritage education to be integrated insyllabus.


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SOME INSTITUTIONS WORKING TOWARDS

HERITAGE EDUCATION IN INDIA

INTACH www.youngintach.org/www.intach.org

SPIC MACAYCPREEC cpreec.org

CEE www.ceeindia.org

Sharma Heritage www.sharmaheritage.com

Dakshinachitra, Chennai www.dakshinachitra.net

www.kidsgreen.orgwww.wwwfindia.org

www.devalt.org

www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in

www.sanctuarycub.com

www.gandhimuseum.org

www.downtoearth.org.inwww.bnhs.org

www.ngmaindia.gov.in

www.mapsofindia.com

www.sanskritifoundation.org

www.gobartimes.org

www.cseindia.orgInstitute of folklore Chennai

SMRTI

Sri Aurobindo Society

Tattvaloka


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Heritage in the classroom A practical manual for teachers .

www.hereduc.net

UNESCO World Heritage http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm

World Heritage in Young Hands http://whc.unesco.org/education/

The Heritage Education Network http://histpres.mtsu.edu/then/

Heritage For Kids www.heritagebc.ca/education/heritage-for-kids

www.worldwildlife.org

www.britishmuseum.org

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