| Teacher Interview: Question 11: Can you select one object
that you know your students learned a lot from? |
Conclusion: 84% (21) of 25 teachers were able to suggest one or more
loans that they knew their students learned a lot from. Of their 29 suggested loans, 45%
(13) were real objects from the loan categories of History, Ancient History and Geography.
The models were also perceived as very useful for learning (28%). In addition, animals
(10%), costumes (10%), religious items (3%) and crafts (3%) were also highlighted.
Summary of findings:
21 teachers suggested 29 types of loan that their students learned a lot
from. These are the number of times a particular type of object was mentioned.
- · 45% (13) of objects mentioned were real objects from Ancient History, History or
History/Geography.
- · 28% (8) of objects mentioned were models.
- · 10% (3) of objects mentioned were animals.
- · 10% (3) of objects mentioned were costumes.
- · 3% (1) of objects mentioned were religious items.
- · 3% (1) of objects mentioned were crafts
Further details:
- · Real objects from Ancient History, History and Geography related collections:
Mummified cat; Greek lamps; Roman tools; Roman weapons; Abbey tiles; African musical
instruments; Native American papoose; Native American jacket; Victorian toys; Victorian
washing artefacts; Victorian dolls; Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin; and WWII artefacts.
- · Models: Viking ship; Medieval castle; Tudor ship; Tudor people;
boat; traction engine; tramcar (and other models); and the human skeleton.
- · Animals: Animals and birds; large animals; and the seagull &
shells.
- · Costumes: Costumes; things they can try on, and the replica
Edwardian swimming costume.
- · Religious items: Sikh box
- · Craft: The knitted farm.
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| Teacher Interview: Question 11: Individual Answers: |
Key: A "user" is a school that already uses the loan
service. A "non-user" is a school that does not currently use the loan service.
1. Teacher A: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The knitted farm is always a huge success - lots more of this sort of loan! We find
that the animals and birds are very useful. They learn a lot about scale from seeing them.
They are not always sure they are real because they are not alive. They seem to equate
"alive" with "real".
2. Teacher B: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Different children are interested by different things. The boys were really interested
in the Tudor ship while the girls liked the costumes.
3. Teacher C: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The Edwardian swimming costumes.
4. Teacher D: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The two Tudor people. We looked at the type of fabric decoration they had. Specific
history skills were developed from looking at things like the Indian shoes and the lion
lamp.
5. Teacher E: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The Viking ship; the Sikh box and the Victorian dolls were all very good.
6. Teacher F: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
They were far more taken with the steam engine because of the size and colour.
7. Teacher G: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
I think the Greek lamps - they really enjoyed looking at them. Also the boat which led
to them making their own models. (The children I observed said they learnt the most from
the ration book and the gas mask from the loans this time round)
8. Teacher H: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The mummified cat.
9. Teacher I: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The biscuit tin. They were fascinated by the hinges - tins today don't have hinges.
Also the picture on the front (roses) and the picture of the arrangement of the biscuits
on the back of the tin. Now we have this in paper form inside the tin. Also the tiles. We
worked with these a lot as they linked most with our project.
10. Teacher J: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The models used this time (including the tram) have been fantastic for Y2 children but
the younger children prefer objects that they can touch and that give them a sense of awe
and wonder.
11. Teacher K: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Lesley said she did not have enough experience of the loans to answer this question.
12. Teacher L: User: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
They love the toys which we have as a topic every other year. They especially like the
Victorian optical toys. They are so unsophisticated compared to their own toys but they
still love them. Also the scrub boards, wash boards, and old-fashioned washing machine -
they can touch and play with these objects.
13. Teacher M: Non-user: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Not at this point.
14. Teacher N: Non-user: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
I can say the other way round. The only group that did not get into the loans was the
seaweed group with the examples of seaweed. With all the other groups it was
"Wow!". (Seagull and large shells)
15. Teacher O: Non-user: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Our own Victorian artefacts (she showed me a photograph of a large display of original
Victorian objects). They are all of a good standard.
16. Teacher P: Non-user: Primary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The human skeleton model.
17. Teacher Q: User: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
WWII memorabilia. Cases where there are lots of objects. Because kids want to know
more about the people who owned them. Its awe and wonder - possession by other people in
the past.
18. Teacher R: User: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
In the past, the musical instruments from Africa. They were fascinated with them. Also
the North American Indian papoose and stitched, beaded slippers.
19. Teacher S: User: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The ordering is always specific to the task in mind. We constantly find the animals
useful for texture - especially the larger animals.
20. Teacher T: User: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Things that they can try on and use because it makes it interesting to them. Loans
that you can do something with. Oral history can add to the display and bring it alive
(Had an elderly person explain about the use of the ration books to the students.)
21. Teacher U: User: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
Depends - objects are chosen to be built into a scheme of work so all are important.
They are better and more attractive if they are in smaller boxes so that all the girls can
see them, e.g. butterflies.
22. Teacher V: Non-user: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
A loan of Roman tools. Students tend to think that people in the past were thick
somehow. They look at things and think about their sophistication. The loans are good for
altering misconceptions like this.
23. Teacher W: Non-user: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
They liked all 4 of the loans. But they particularly liked the fact that they could
touch and smell the Native American jacket.
24. Teacher X: Non-user: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
The boys like the weaponry, they like feeling the weight of the weapons. The sides of
the lamps were rubbed to see if a genie would come out!
25. Teacher Y: Non-user: Secondary
Can you select one object that you know your students learned a lot from?
A medieval castle model that was sectioned out. The students have learnt a lot from
re-enactments (Learning Through Action). We had a "Roman soldier" come in and
they got a lot out of that.
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