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The Team

The Team. Agenda. The Who, The Why, and The What Mission, objectives, and concepts More of The What Avenues of curatorial research The How Research design, Interpretive plan, and financial considerations The Wow Public programming, possible design, and interactives The Where

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The Team

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  1. The Team

  2. Agenda • The Who, The Why, and The What • Mission, objectives, and concepts • More of The What • Avenues of curatorial research • The How • Research design, Interpretive plan, and financial considerations • The Wow • Public programming, possible design, and interactives • The Where • Possible venues and collections management issues

  3. The Who Collection and Partners

  4. Who? • Toronto District School Board Collection • Housed at Central Tech • Represents 150 years of Toronto public schooling • Partners: David Sowerbutts and Greg McKinnon • Target Audience: anyone who went or is going to school Who

  5. The Why Next Steps

  6. Subject • Most complete record of Toronto’s public education history • Objects never displayed before • Challenge to focus: choose most relevant and important objects & organize into themes and sub-themes Why

  7. Context • Bring attention to undisplayed history of Toronto • Modern day issues (bullying and violence) • Positive influence in community Why

  8. Museology • The New Museum – Visitor Relevance • First hand experience - Interactives • Constructivist approach Old knowledge + New knowledge = Understanding Why

  9. Objectives Through a series of thematic interpretations of the Toronto District School Board’s collection, the Learning to Learn exhibit will explode the mythology surrounding the city’s educational practices past and present. Why

  10. Outcomes The exhibit’s design and interactive components, will act as internal exhibit monitors and as a forum for discussion and reminiscence. Learning to Learn will be relevant to all members of the wider community on a variety of levels, and as such, the exhibit will create a greater awareness of the part the District School Board has played in the development of the city itself, as well as how the public school system has influenced the lives of generations of students. Why

  11. The What Our concept and further avenues of curatorial research

  12. What

  13. Concept The core idea for Learning to Learn is to represent the diverse range of student learning experiences by presenting a look at the changing face of Toronto’s public schools from the late 1700s to the present period. Because most of the objects selected for this exhibit have not previously been on public display, this is our opportunity to bring a chapter of Toronto’s history out of storage and showcase the crucial and evolving role of public education in the creation of Toronto. What

  14. Concept Map

  15. Mission To actively engage the community through the exhibition of the Toronto District School Board's collection, using educational and personal experiences to facilitate a forum for the sharing of past and present stories of Toronto’s early school days. Message • What critical knowledge and questions will visitors leave asking themselves? • How have student experiences changed? • Have they changed for the better or worse? • Where are school experiences headed in the future? • How can we improve learning? • How do oral histories help us make decisions in the present? What

  16. History of the TDSB: Literature Review The Old Blue School, 1816 Some examples of the types of secondary sources that have been guiding our curatorial investigations as well as our choices about object display and exhibit themes: General Memoirs/Surveys: The City of York/Early Public Education: Reform and Activism War and Politics Student Health and Sexuality Art and Student Creativity Gender Equity Corporal Punishment/Discipline Special Needs/At Risk Education Ethnicity Issues Locations of Primary Material: The Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives, Toronto District School Board, 263 McCaul Street (also the location of the Oral History Project of the TDSB) 2. Central Technical Institute Collection and Archives 3. Metro Toronto Reference Library (Baldwin Room) 4. Archives of Ontario 5. Robarts Library 6. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library 7. University of Toronto Archives 8. Emmanuel College Library 9. Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto and Anglican Church of Canada 10. The Cavan Library, Knox College 11. The Osborne Collection, Toronto Public Library 12. R.W.B. Jackson Library of the Ontario Institution for Studies in Education Jarvis Collegiate, descended from the Home District Grammar School, 1807 (200th anniversary last year)

  17. Making Sense of the Toronto District School Board’s Fine Art Collection What

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