Remembering Titanic
Focusing on the integration of formal and informal education in the context of teaching local history of RMS Titanic, this project worked with history and science teachers and museum educators to develop and pilot a curriculum unit focused on the history of Titanic and Southampton.
Funder
- University of Southampton, Higher Education Innovation Fund (2022-2023)
Team
- Wonyong Park, University of Southampton (Principal Investigator)
- Neta Shaby, University of Southampton (Co-Investigator)
- Rachele Newman, University of Southampton (Co-Investigator)
- Tilly Scotthorne, University of Southampton (Research Assistant)
Partners
Presentations
- Park, W. (2023, November). From Titanic to Sewol: Science education, resilience and disaster justice. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Honolulu, HI, USA.
- Park, W., Shaby, N., & Newman, R. (2024, January). Integrating science and history learning: The Remembering Titanic project. Association for Science Education (ASE). Northampton, UK.
- Park W. (2024, June). Using community history as a vehicle for cross-curricular teacher development: The Remembering Titanic project. Co-Designing Instruction for Innovative Education: The Power of Educator–Academic Partnerships Towards Societal Change. University of Southampton.
Publications
- Park, W. (2024). Remembering Titanic: Lessons from a cross-curricular professional development project with science and history teachers. Education in Science, 294, 22–23.
- Park, W., Shaby, N., & Newman, R. (accepted). “We often forget it was a disaster”: Cross-curricular teacher collaboration to develop a curriculum unit on the Titanic disaster. Science & Education.