Comments on: Creative Boys http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2009/12/01/creative-boys/ exploring art & ecology Sat, 19 May 2012 05:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: James http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2009/12/01/creative-boys/#comment-4716 James Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:58 +0000 http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2009/12/01/creative-boys/#comment-4716 Cat, thanks very much for your comment. I think the subject of child-centred/led learning in museums is a really important one. The work I'm doing with English Heritage at Stonehenge and with Salisbury Museum has really shown the value of consulting with children and responding to children's interests and behaviour, with the aim of engaging more children through catering for a wider range of needs and interests, both girls and boys. I'm keen that boys we work with do have opportunities for more full bodied play/learning, construction etc, but that we also support boys to be more nurturing, sensitive and empathetic wherever appropriate too.Its a bit of a balancing act isn't it? Cat, thanks very much for your comment. I think the subject of child-centred/led learning in museums is a really important one.

The work I’m doing with English Heritage at Stonehenge and with Salisbury Museum has really shown the value of consulting with children and responding to children’s interests and behaviour, with the aim of engaging more children through catering for a wider range of needs and interests, both girls and boys.

I’m keen that boys we work with do have opportunities for more full bodied play/learning, construction etc, but that we also support boys to be more nurturing, sensitive and empathetic wherever appropriate too.Its a bit of a balancing act isn’t it?

]]> By: Cat http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2009/12/01/creative-boys/#comment-4706 Cat Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:47:28 +0000 http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2009/12/01/creative-boys/#comment-4706 This is a really interesting topic. I work at Jane Austen's House Museum, and we are constantly thinking about the appeal it has to boys and men. In a handling session earlier today I heard my colleague apologising for the focus of female accessories rather than anything "male". Why should girls be any more interested than boys? It's difficult not to stereotype what we think boys are interested in - I totally agree with you that it's about the process of educating, and us as facilitators of this process working out "how" to do it. This is a really interesting topic. I work at Jane Austen’s House Museum, and we are constantly thinking about the appeal it has to boys and men. In a handling session earlier today I heard my colleague apologising for the focus of female accessories rather than anything “male”. Why should girls be any more interested than boys? It’s difficult not to stereotype what we think boys are interested in - I totally agree with you that it’s about the process of educating, and us as facilitators of this process working out “how” to do it.

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