Moira Duncan - Heritage Experts | Heritage in Schools

Moira Duncan

Moira Duncan
Subject(s):
Geography, Climate Action and Sustainable Development, Agricultural Science
Counties catered for:
Cork, Kerry, Limerick
Classes catered for:
All year groups (post-primary)

GIS, online datasets and historic and modern digital maps will demonstrate how the interaction between the natural environment and human activity shapes our landscapes. A cross-curricular approach encourages Advanced Systems Thinking and empowers students to act as heritage custodians by using this activity to enact change.

Landscape is presented as the backdrop for heritage; displaying the cause-and-effect links between physical Interactions, human Interconnections, and subsequent Implications. GIS, on-line maps and datasets, field-work and participatory appraisal are combined to investigate heritage assets, their interactions and their threats, and to facilitate students to create collaborative maps, and engage in simulated planning and forward-thinking mitigation strategies.

GIS, on-line maps and datasets, field-work and participatory appraisal are combined to investigate the interactions between, and the spatio-temporal evolution of fluvial, wetland, and coastal systems. The influence of human-induced change and its downstream effects on the systems will be investigated and hard engineering will be compared with natural based solutions in flood management systems & coastal defence systems. Students will produce collaborative maps and engage in simulated planning and mitigation strategies.

The cultural value assigned to heritage, and its relationship with our sense of place and identity is explored using GIS, on-line maps and datasets, field-work and participatory appraisal. The students will explore and geo-code the intangible assets of music, dinnseanchas, oral histories, sacred significance and collective memories, creating collaborative cultural values maps that will be used in simulated planning and mitigation strategies.

Additional Information

  • Post-Primary school visits
  • Caters for special needs
  • Provides practical/hands-on activities
  • Provides field trips

Contact Details

Mobile:
086 847 3997
Email:
moiraduncan71@gmail.com