WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2015 |
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15.00 |
Registration and Information Desk: Sovereign Hill |
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17.30 |
Symposium Opening: Café, Sovereign Hill Master of Ceremonies: Brett Dunlop, Director Sovereign Hill Museums Association Welcome to Country: Bryon Powell, Aboriginal Elder, Wathaurung Welcome to Sovereign Hill: Dr Jeremy Johnson, CEO Sovereign Hill Museums Association Welcome to Symposium: Ann Campbell, Sovereign Hill School Council President Entertainment: School costumed choir and didgeridoo player The Symposium Welcome will include opportunities for all Symposium delegates to meet each other personally prior to participating in the Symposium program.
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Welcome Dinner: Sovereign Hill Café All Symposium delegates are invited to attend our Welcome Dinner before heading off to see the ‘Blood on the Southern Cross’ sound and light show. |
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‘Blood on the Southern Cross’: Sound and Light Show ‘Blood on the Southern Cross’ is an explosive sound-and-light show like nothing you’ve ever seen before! The story of the Eureka Rebellion, a dramatic battle between gold miners and Government forces at Ballarat on 3 December, 1854, is retold nightly by ‘Blood on the Southern Cross’. |
THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015 |
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08.00 |
Registration and Information Desk: Sovereign Hill |
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09.00 |
Introduction: Brett Dunlop, Director Sovereign Hill Museums Association |
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09.00 |
Keynote Address: Learning Through History: Professor Geoffrey Blainey |
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10.30 |
Morning Catering Break |
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11.00 |
Symposium Activities Affective Learning as Effective Learning: Adjunct Professor Margaret Zeegers: Centre for Design Innovation, Faculty of Health Arts & Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
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11.30 |
School visits followed by Q & A |
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12.30 |
Lunch: Charlie Napier Hotel, Sovereign Hill |
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13.30 |
The Effectiveness of Role PlayArtefacts, costuming and role-play in tertiary history education: An experience in the use of active learning in a first year Western Civilization course: Dr David Waldron: Federation University, Australia School Life in Historical Collections of School Museums - Museum of Education and Pedagogy, Bratislava: Dr. Daniela Vaněková: Museum of Education and Pedagogy, Slovakia The ‘time room’ in the Museum of Education of Padua University: Dr Mara Orlando: Curator of Museum of Education University of Padua, Italy
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15.00 |
Afternoon Catering Break |
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15.30 |
The Teaching of HistoryIn their shoes-Children comparing their modern experiences to those before them: Stephanie Rosestone: Sovereign Hill School, Australia Time is of the essence: Peter Hoban and Marion Littlejohn: Sovereign Hill Education Officers, Australia Storying our Learning: Performing our learning: Ms Catherine Howard: Senior Exemplar Eltham College, Australia
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17.00 |
Transfers: Sovereign Hill to Town Hall |
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17.20 |
City of Ballarat: Welcome by the Mayor of the City of Ballarat All delegates are invited to attend a very special event at Ballarat Town Hall. Light catering will be included. Enjoy hearing Ballarat’s history before departing for a tour of the Art Gallery of Ballarat. |
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19.30 |
Craig’s Royal Hotel Drinks and food at cost to delegates on the night. |
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2015 |
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08.00 |
Registration and Information Desk: Sovereign Hill |
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09.00 |
Introduction: Brett Dunlop, Director Sovereign Hill Museums Association |
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09.10 |
Museums – How do you present?
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10.45 |
Morning Catering Break |
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11.15 |
LobbyingSovereign Hill Australia’s Leading Outdoor Museum: Mr Jeremy Johnson: Chief Executive Officer Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum, Australia Lobbying for funds: Mr Tijs Van Ruiten: Director Onderwijsmuseum, The Netherlands
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12.30 |
Lunch: Charlie Napier Hotel, Sovereign Hill |
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13.30 |
The History of Education from a University Perspective
Schooling, Service and the Great War: The influences and responses of Australian school communities: Dr Rosalie Triolo: Faculty of Education Monash University, Australia In search of thriving fruits in the history education: the activities of the Centre for the study of the History of Education and the Teaching Profession for school gardens: Professor Antonis Hourdakis and Ms Sofia Trouli: University of Crete, Greece Five decades of innovation: The development of the Visual and Performing Arts at Sovereign Hill: Susan Pilbeam, Masters student at Deakin University, Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage |
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15.00 |
Afternoon Catering Break |
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15.30 |
Activities |
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18.00 |
Social Event: Ballarat Botanical Gardens and Lake Cruise |
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19.30 |
Formal Dinner: Pipers by the Lake Located directly across the road from the magnificent and historic Botanical Gardens and on the shores of Ballarat’s beautiful Lake Wendouree, Pipers by the Lake will provide a spectacular venue for our Symposium’s highlight social event.
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SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 |
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08.00 |
Registration and Information Desk: Sovereign Hill |
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09.00 |
Introduction: Brett Dunlop, Director Sovereign Hill Museums Association |
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09.10 |
Closing Plenary Session |
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10.30 |
Morning Catering Break |
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11.00 |
Gold Museum Discover the beauty and power of gold as you view an impressive and valuable collection of gold nuggets, alluvial deposits, priceless gold artefacts and gold coins. |
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12.30 |
Ballarat Reptile and Wildlife Park We will have a traditional Australian BBQ lunch before a remarkable visit to see native Australian animals and a wide variety of exotic reptiles including free roaming kangaroos, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, eagles, giant tortoises, crocodiles and alligators and a few of Australia’s more infamous venomous inhabitants. |
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16.00 |
Return to Sovereign Hill |
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16.00 |
Symposium Close |
