What Is SOHO P. 6.1 Learning Through Objects
6.4.1 Learning through Objects
Museum objects can act as cues for memories of past events, both institutionally and personally (Paris & Hapgood, 2002). Where SOHO P.6. is concerned, the value and significance of a medical specimen lies more in its ability to convey scientific concepts to both children and adults. They can help to provide an insight into the development of medical practice and through this wider social historical context can be explored. Informal Learning Environments (ILEs), such as museums, offer an environment in which exploration and curiosity are encouraged. This interest on the part of the visitor can be used to guide their learning within the space (Paris & Hapgood, 2002). Children, for instance, often have questions but this can be mostly reflective, especially where sex and relationships education is concerned. In ILEs like the UCL Pathology Museum, these questions can be approached more openly through the use of objects as a starting point for discussion. As children physically …show more content…
When the Soho Hospital for Women was set up, and even when this specimen was extracted in the mid-twentieth century, the presence of women in the medical profession was a rarity. Indeed, even now there are few women actually developing medical techniques and devices for the female anatomy. The recognition of women’s skill and ability in the medical professions has been a slow process. Although women have been at the centre of domestic healthcare and midwifery since Antiquity, their ability to enter into academically recognised medical fields as qualified doctors is a much more recent development. Indeed, the surgeon, James Barry (?1792-1865), was actually born Margaret Ann Buckley. She lived as a man during her adult life, rising to become a successful surgeon in the British Army, having graduated from medical school in Edinburgh in 1812 (SM,
Museum objects can act as cues for memories of past events, both institutionally and personally (Paris & Hapgood, 2002). Where SOHO P.6. is concerned, the value and significance of a medical specimen lies more in its ability to convey scientific concepts to both children and adults. They can help to provide an insight into the development of medical practice and through this wider social historical context can be explored. Informal Learning Environments (ILEs), such as museums, offer an environment in which exploration and curiosity are encouraged. This interest on the part of the visitor can be used to guide their learning within the space (Paris & Hapgood, 2002). Children, for instance, often have questions but this can be mostly reflective, especially where sex and relationships education is concerned. In ILEs like the UCL Pathology Museum, these questions can be approached more openly through the use of objects as a starting point for discussion. As children physically …show more content…
When the Soho Hospital for Women was set up, and even when this specimen was extracted in the mid-twentieth century, the presence of women in the medical profession was a rarity. Indeed, even now there are few women actually developing medical techniques and devices for the female anatomy. The recognition of women’s skill and ability in the medical professions has been a slow process. Although women have been at the centre of domestic healthcare and midwifery since Antiquity, their ability to enter into academically recognised medical fields as qualified doctors is a much more recent development. Indeed, the surgeon, James Barry (?1792-1865), was actually born Margaret Ann Buckley. She lived as a man during her adult life, rising to become a successful surgeon in the British Army, having graduated from medical school in Edinburgh in 1812 (SM,