[Aqualist] Final call for papers - Education in Arch Session AAA

[Lynley Wallis]

Hi everyone

 

This is a FINAL CALL for papers for the "Education and Archaeology"
session to be held at the AAA conference in December 2010 on the Sunday
afternoon.

 

If you would like to submit a paper for this session that falls within
the session abstract as outlined below, please email your title, list of
authors and their contact details, and abstract (up to 350 words) before
17 September 2010 to the session organisers, Wendy Beck
(wbeck at une.edu.au), Sean Ulm (s.ulm at uq.edu.au) and Lynley Wallis
(Lynley.wallis at uq.edu.au).

 

Thanks Lynley (on behalf of Wendy and Sean)

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Session Title: Education and Archaeology


Abstract: Archaeology is a discipline which crosses the traditional
Humanities/Science divide and has a greater breadth and diversity than
many other professional disciplines. The archaeology employment sector
is also expanding rapidly as a response to the resources boom. All these
factors bring with them a particular set of challenges in preparing
graduates for the workforce, which have been increasingly the focus of
attempts to improve archaeology teaching and learning outcomes. In
addition, external issues such as the new government focus on developing
university discipline and degree standards and the national curriculum
in History are also providing new pressures on archaeology as a
discipline. In this session we invite papers from educators, students,
employers and others which focus on extending the archaeology teaching
and learning agenda in a proactive manner into the next decade.

 

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Dr Lynley Wallis

 

Senior Research Fellow | Aboriginal Environments Research Centre

President | Australian Archaeological Association

University of Queensland

PO Box 6114

St Lucia QLD 4072

P: 07 3365 3861

E: lynley.wallis at uq.edu.au