Australian National Committee for Archaeology Teaching and Learning (ANCATL)

The role of the subcommittee is:

• To provide a forum for discussion of tertiary teaching and learning and related issues of broad concern to the majority of Australian archaeologists nationally.

• To provide a conduit for involvement and input from different archaeological associations and interest groups in identifying key issues/problems and identifying strategies and resources to address these.

The priorities are:

• To establish better coordination of vocational experience in archaeology for students and graduates.

• To develop a model, based on UK benchmark principles, for teaching and learning, as a step towards the development of Australian undergraduate archaeology degree structures.

• To develop and implement a pilot project for the cross-institutional moderation of Honours degrees.

Documents and resources:

By Degrees: Benchmarking Archaeology Degrees in Australian Universities (361kb)

Benchmarking Archaeology Degrees is Australian Universities: the Project in Brief (66kb)

Register of Archaeology Work Experience Partners

Subcommittee Members:

Jane Balme, University of Western Australia, WA (Chair)

Wendy Beck, University of New England, NSW

Catherine Clarke, University of New England, NSW

Sarah Colley, University of Sydney, NSW

Andrew Fairbairn, University of Queensland, QLD

Martin Gibbs, University of Sydney, NSW (AIMA and ASHA contact)

Stephen Nichols, University of Queensland, QLD

Sean Ulm, University of Queensland, QLD (AAA contact; WAC contact; AACAI contact)

Please contact any of the members listed above with specific issues for action.

The ANCATL subcommittee was initiated in 2003 as a result of the joint AAA, ASHA and AIMA 'Land and Sea Conference'. The volume 'Teaching, Learning and Australian Archaeology' edited by S.Colley, S. Ulm and F.D. Pate, Australian Archaeology 61 provides an excellent overview of current issues.

The subcommittee thanks the Australian Archaeological Association Inc. for its financial and in-kind support.