Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- elizabeth.curtis@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274622
- Office Address
- Room 524 School of Education University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building 5th Floor King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA Telephone: 01224 274622 Email: elizabeth.curtis@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Education
- Research
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Research Overview
Experiential learning is at the heart of my research interests and ranges from exploring how schools have embedded archaeological exploration into the curriculum to the role of everyday family activities in developing positive heritage practices. I have expertise in anthropological approaches to how people make sense of the past in their experiences of being outdoors. I have led AHRC funded Community History projects around Scotland and worked in interdisciplinary projects with colleagues in Anthropology and Archaeology linked to community heritage.
Current Research
The Conversation: “Children are doing archaeology – and becoming experts who enrich whole communities”
I have recently completed research for Aberdeen Performing Arts on their year long Music Hall Babies Project with Pauline Black. Read our report below
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336568473_MUSIC_HALL_BABIES_Evaluation_Report
2011 PhD: Bringing stone circles into being: practices in the long 19th century and their influence on current understandings of stone circles in North-East Scotland
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Social Studies, History and Outdoor Learning
PGDE (Primary) and MA Education level 4: Social Studies
MA Education professional Focus level 3: Making History
MA Education Level 1: Body, Mind and Nature: Learning Outdoors
Studies in Mindfulness
MSC Professional Enquiry (Research Methods)
Musuem Studies
Developing a Theory of Practice: learning in Museums
Work Based Project and Dissertation Supervisor
Post Graduate Research
I currently supervise students in the following areas:
Place Based Research
Heritage and Museum Learning
Education for Sustainability and Citizenship