Workshop Education project: Fisheries in Arnemuiden'
Notes, findings and conclusions Workshop ‘Education project: Fisheries in Arnemuiden'
To develop the Toolbox Educational Project, a work group had been formed comprising members of a ladies' think tank, council representatives, and people with a fisheries background: Ladies' think tank: Carolina Janse, Gertrude van de Ketterij, Mojca Kuijpers, and Johanna Schroevers Municipality of Middelburg: Jack Dooms and Tiny Maenhout Guest speaker: fisherman Lieven Kusse
Workshop
To prepare for the composition of the games toolbox, a workshop about fisheries in Arnemuiden was organised. The objective was to find out which topics regarding fisheries would be most interesting to children. Important steps to arrive at an Educational Workshop included:
- Compose a work group comprising teachers, fishermen, members of a ladies' think tank, etc.
- Determine which topics are of interest, with reference to Horizon Educatief, Fisheries Museum Breskens, and the University of Brighton.
- Selection of participants: boys and girls in the age group from 7 to 12, from the four Arnemuiden primary schools.
- Collection of relevant information and determination of communication techniques used.
- Development of communication tools.
- Determination of the ways children's responses was to be registered, for example by means of photographs, videos, or by having the participants report their findings and observations.
- Organisation of the workshop
- Reporting of findings and conclusions
Possible topics that could be included (source: study carried out by Dr Jo Orchard-Webb, University of Brighton, at Horizon Educatief in Ostend)
- History
- Fisheries in practice - then and now
- Net mending and other maintenance activities
- Life aboard a ship
- Fishermen and their families / focussing on the people aspects
- Process from catch to plate
- Types of North-Sea fish
- Nutritional value of fish / health aspects
- Future of the fisheries industry
To introduce the topics listed above, various communication techniques and means have been used, such as stimulation to make history visible, e.g. by means of drawings and photographs, and presenting tools used for fishing and the handling of the catch. During part 2 of the workshop, the participative method was used, whereby the children were encouraged to become actively involved in the mending of nets, peeling of shrimps, etc.
