{"id":5411,"date":"2012-09-14T16:04:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T21:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=5411"},"modified":"2012-09-14T16:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T21:04:31","slug":"educators-convene-to-share-ideas-on-teaching-the-next-generation-in-historic-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/09\/14\/educators-convene-to-share-ideas-on-teaching-the-next-generation-in-historic-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Educators Convene to Share Ideas on Teaching the Next Generation in Historic Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story came to the AIC office from Brian Clark at Roger Williams University.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Conference participants toured historic properties in Providence during the two-day event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BRISTOL, R.I., Sept. 14, 2012<\/strong> \u2013 How the next generation of historic preservationists is educated has profound implications across the preservation world, especially given that effective education means a greater likelihood of qualified professionals. But while the U.S. is home to an array of quality preservation programs at colleges and universities, there has been surprisingly little conversation among educators about how best to teach those who will comprise the preservation workforce in the future.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 8 and 9, more than 75 educators from not just the U.S. \u2013 but from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Mexico and more \u2013 convened in Providence, R.I., to discuss best practices at a conference titled \u201cPreservation Education: Sharing Best Practices and Finding Common Ground.\u201d The conference was hosted by the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University with support from Clemson University, the College of Charleston, the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.<\/p>\n

After two days of discussion and debate, a set of key ideas emerged. Jeremy C. Wells, assistant professor of historic preservation at Roger Williams and the conference chair, says the ideas focused on everything from embracing technology and encouraging innovation to linking the built and natural environments, integrating with other disciplines and building partnerships with K-12 education, real estate professionals and more.<\/p>\n

Wells also noted that the attendees agreed that without a more concise definition of what the \u201cdiscipline\u201d of historic preservation is, there would continue to be difficulty in defining what students should be accountable for as far as skill sets and knowledge are concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need better understanding and consensus around our view of the world,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is even some discomfort with the term historic preservation<\/em> itself. Does preservation<\/em> imply stasis \u2013 that things never change? Would conservation<\/em> more accurately represent our approach? We need to envision a future in which we build consensus on these questions, among preservation practitioners and educators alike.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This story came to the AIC office from Brian Clark at Roger Williams University.\u00a0 BRISTOL, R.I., Sept. 14, 2012 \u2013 How the next generation of historic preservationists is educated has profound implications across the preservation world, especially given that effective education means a greater likelihood of qualified professionals. But while the U.S. is home to … Continue reading “Educators Convene to Share Ideas on Teaching the Next Generation in Historic Preservation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allied-organizations","category-conservationeducation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}