


How to educate in heritage
Practical guide for the development of heritage education activities
The Heritage Education Plan of the Community of Madrid articulates an essential part of its action in the incorporation of quality and innovation as defining criteria of the actions that are launched in the field of heritage education. Therefore, it is necessary to have a resource that facilitates the identification of such standards for interested agents and that allows the implementation of a line of work in the identification of the basic elements of quality of Heritage dissemination actions, becoming, in turn, in a guide and exemplification of good practices developed in the past.
The General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Community of Madrid has prepared the monograph How to educate in Heritage. Practical Guide for the development of heritage education activities, in order to respond to this objective set in the Plan.
The scientific coordination of this publication is carried out by Olaia Fontal Merillas, Professor at the University of Valladolid and Director of the Heritage Education Observatory in Spain (OEPE).
The illustrations in the books are the work of designer Ana Carlota Cano.
Contents of the book How to educate in heritage
CHAPTER 1: The heritage: from object to bond.
It addresses how the way we understand heritage influences how we educate on it, so that we are seeing 6 models or approaches with examples of practices of each of them: transmissive, communicative, interpretive, symbolic, identity and community.
Olaia Fontal
CHAPTER 2: People as protagonists. Ten keys to achieve citizen participation.
The evolution of the role of people in the management and use of heritage is addressed from the budgets of the Faro convention. It is exemplified with several reference cases. The gender issue is included as a priority axis.
Angel Portoles
CHAPTER 3: Are we sensitive to heritage? And, if we are not, how do we achieve it? Map to guide us in raising heritage awareness.
The sequence of awareness towards heritage is developed through a map-itinerary that starts from knowledge, passes through understanding, respect and value until it reaches awareness. A taxonomy (in map form) of the verbs and educational actions involved in each part of this itinerary is offered.
Olaia Fontal
CHAPTER 4: Heritage for all… but who are we all? Inclusive thoughts, words and actions.
5 principles, 5 words and 5 essential actions are offered to achieve full inclusion. In each case, examples are cited.
Ana Sanchez Ferri
CHAPTER 5: Symphony for Heritage Education with a Gender Perspective
The potential of heritage education to overcome gender discrimination is addressed. Educational projects and proposals focused on heritage and women are analyzed. Suggestions are offered for the drafting of the projects taking into account the gender variable.
Tania Ballesteros Colino
CHAPTER 6: ICT as allies: digital competence and latest trends in the educational use of heritage apps in Spain
Tour of the main contributions of ICT to the field of heritage education, showing examples of good use.
Alex Ibanez Etxeberria
CHAPTER 7: How do others do it? Heritage Education Best Practices Tour
Analysis of educational proposals, international but also national, currently understood as a reference in heritage education.
Pablo de Castro
CHAPTER 8: Decalogue for innovation from experience in the design and implementation of heritage education projects
Decalogue of procedural principles for the design of educational projects based on heritage. Project dissemination strategies.
Pablo de Castro
CHAPTER 9: Practical guide for the development of projects in the Heritage Education Plan of the Community of Madrid.
A structure and phases are offered to carry out the design and implementation of projects, taking into account the structure of the Heritage Education Plan of the Community of Madrid, integrating the key elements developed in the 8 previous chapters. The axes for the design and the implementation phases are addressed and a tool is offered for the evaluation of the results.
Olaia Fontal
Author biographies
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This was the webinar "How to educate about heritage"
The Conference was held on December 3, 2020 online. It intended to offer a practical approach to heritage education as a tool for raising awareness of cultural heritage.
The meeting analyzed the challenge posed by heritage education, explaining the meaning of this new approach in the transmission, valuation and appropriation of the assets that make up our cultural heritage.
Some of the most prominent national specialists in the field of heritage education participated in the seminar, such as: Olaia Fontal, Ángel Portolés, Alex Ibáñez, Ana Sánchez, Tania Ballesteros and Pablo de Castro, within the framework of the actions of the Heritage Education Plan of the Community of Madrid.
Throughout the day, the need for the inclusive and universal nature of heritage was addressed in accordance with its modern conceptualization, optimizing the use of currently available tools and resources and providing elements that serve as a guide for the development of heritage educational actions.