PGCE trainees explored the Walker Art Gallery during February as part of The LAC module whereby they began to consider how to help children learn from and within a gallery space. They were asked to consider the value of orientation activities, the silent pedagogy of the gallery, creativity, learning outside the classroom and scaffolding. They created poetry related to a painting, undertook musical chair and art activities, identified how current affairs could be linked to contemporary art and considered how a teacher can use their understanding of how children learn to make a museum, gallery or archive purposeful for learning. A fun and interesting day that demonstrated a true partnership between edge hill and the museums of Liverpool.
