Cymru Wales Classics Hub annual conference 2017 - 04/02/2017, Swansea (Wales)
The aim of this conference is to convene teachers from all levels of education and together to explore the challenges of both teaching and learning classics in Wales.
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 04/02/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Swansea University Bay Campus (Swansea, Wales)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Dr Catherine Rozier
INFO: web - catherine.rozier@swansea.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Inscripción online / registration online / registrazione online
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
9:00 - 9:30 Arrival and Refreshments
9:30 - 10:00 Evelien Bracke (Swansea University): ‘Classics in Wales: update on research and practice’
10:00 - 11:00 SHARE with School (Cardiff University) and the Egypt Centre: ‘How to teach through object handling’ small group sessions
11:00 - 11:15 Break: coffee and tea
11:15 - 12:00 Mair Lloyd (Open University): ‘Living Latin in Practice’
12:00- 12:45 Anne Wright: ‘Teaching ancient Greek with the Gorilla’
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch break
13.45 - 14.15 30-minute small group working groups (you will be invited to choose 3):
14.15 - 14.45 Starting up a Classics hub (Evelien Bracke, Swansea)
14.45 - 15.15 Student recruitment and retention (TBC)
Ancient language teaching: approaches and resources/Teaching Classics through the medium of Welsh (TBC)
ICT in the Classics classroom (Steve Hunt, Cambridge)
15:15 - 15:30 Break: coffee and tea
15:30 - 16:00 Working Groups: final session
16:00 - 17:00 Round Table Discussion and award ceremony