MALTA INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE COURSES

ICMCH has already conducted a number of short CPD courses. It aims to develop this area further, giving opportunities to local and foreign professionals, technicians and craftsmen to upgrade their skills in their particular field of conservation-restoration and management of cultural heritage.

MALTA INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE COURSES:
MALTA AUGUST - OCTOBER 2006

Admission Application The Programme

The 2006 project for the international excellence courses, was born as a consequence of the partnership and cooperation agreement between Palazzo Spinelli and Heritage Malta. The agreement is only part of a vast programme designed to create a series of centres of high professional standard in the field of conservation and training in the Mediterranean area. The experience and the know how of more than 25 years of Palazzo Spinelli, combined with the professionalism and the modern, well-equipped Conservation Division of Heritage Malta, come together again for the second year after the 2005 programme in this common project, on the highest levels in terms of quality, tutors’ skills and course programmes.

The following courses were on offer:

• PREPARATION OF MEDIEVAL BINDING
  Lecturer: Giampiero Bozzacchi
  28 AUGUST -1 SEPTEMBER
• VARNISHES FOR PAINTINGS: RECENT RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
  THREAD-BY-THREAD TEAR MENDING
  Lecturers: René de la Rie, Jill Whitten and Robert Proctor
  11-14 SEPTEMBER
  Lecturer: Winfried Heiber
  15-16 SEPTEMBER
• ANALYSIS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ANTIQUE COSTUMES
  Lecturer: Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols
  18 – 20 SEPTEMBER
• CONSTRUCTION AND ORNAMENTATION OF AN ISLAMIC BINDING
  Lecturers: Giampiero Bozzacchi, Joseph Schirò
  25-29 SEPTEMBER
• CONSTRUCTION AND GILDING OF A 16TH-CENTURY BINDING
  Lecturers: Pietro Gozzi, Giampiero Bozzacchi, Joseph Schirò
  2-7 October

Admission

The courses were open to:
· students in conservation and restoration studies.
· graduates in conservation and restoration studies.
· professionals in the field.

Application

Visit this site regurarly for information about future courses and application instructions.

Further Information

Mr Joseph Schirò
00356-21807675/6

Dr Santino Pascuzzi 0039-3472621948 00356-99243836 www.spinelli.it

INSERVICE COURSES

ICMCH strongly believes in collaboration with educational institutions of various levels in order to reach out and educate as large an audience as possible. It collaborates strongly with the Department of Curriculum Management's Training and Staff Development Branch within the Ministry of Education, offering in-service training courses for primary- and secondary-school teachers. Through the outcome of such train-the-trainer courses ICMCH catches students at an early age, educating them in the importance of cultural heritage and the ordinary citizen's responsibility towards such a resource.

JULY 2006 INSERVICE COURSE:
EDUCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

As a follow up to the lectures and site visits held during both Inset courses, the participants were requested to prepare educational material to be used as a didactic tool in the classroom or on site. The material generated was then presented to all participants, with the aim of adapting the national curriculum to provide suitable education on our rich cultural heritage.

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Educational material 1

Stefan Azzopardi, Madeleine West and Myriam Caruana produced a learning package, consisting of a description of places of interest found in Vittoriosa, together with word games, which facilitate the students’ understanding of these important historical sites.
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Educational material 2

A field activity was planned by Josephine Mifsud and Maria E. Meli, entailing a walk from Cospicua bus terminus up to the Malta Martime Museum. A booklet with questions and tasks set for the students was also prepared. This is followed up by a class discussion geared at instilling a sense of appreciation for cultural sites.
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Educational material 3

Kenneth Busuttil and David Tedesco from Mariam Albatool School Paola devised a lesson plan as a follow-up to a site visit at the Inquisitor’s Palace. The lesson involves a class discussion and a crossword puzzle. The students are also given the task of drawing a scene, where they imagine themselves in the role of the Inquisitor or the accused.
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Educational material 4

Josette Chirchop Beck and Yvette Camilleri from St. Monica School Gzira, focused their lesson plan on creating awareness on the use, storage and scarcity of water in the Maltese Islands, in the past and in the present. The tasks assigned to the students involve a brain storming activity, group work, word search, and a case study on the use of water in the Inquisitor’s Palace.
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Educational material 5

A different approach was adopted by Isabelle Caruana-Dingli, Katya Compagno, Emma Cordina, and Carmelina Mifsud from the Immaculate Conception School Tarxien. These participants developed an internet treasure hunt, with a list of relevant internet websites as clues, thus helping the students to learn about the Inquisition in Malta in an enjoyable way.
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Educational material 6

Jane Farrugia Buhagiar, Isabella Attard, Maria Briffa Aquilina and Marion Belcher Cousin planned a site visit to the Malta Maritime Museum, followed by learning activities, such as a discussion, essay writing, drama, models, art and craftwork.
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SEPTEMBER 2006:
EDUCATING ON IDENTITY THROUGH LOCAL HERITAGE

The participants of the September 2006, In-Service course were encouraged to help the students foster a sense of appreciation of their local heritage. By means of site visits and lesson plans, the participants will be able to prepare a series of school and class activities centering on an identified aspect of local heritage that the school with adopt for a scholastic year.

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Educational material 7

Maria Inguanez and M’Christine Bonnici focused their activity on the Ghajn tal-Hasselin at Msida. The students are given a number of different tasks such as conducting questionnaires with locals, role plays and drawings. Other site visits to Ta’ Kandja Water Galleries, and Fontana Gozo, can also be carried out, in order to broaden the students’ knowledge on the use and storage of water.
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Educational material 8

Raymond Azzopardi, Lawrence Ellul and Stanley Spiteri, chose Casa Leoni as the setting for the activities they drew up. After giving a brief description of the site, the students are instructed to create a time-lining indicating important dates related to Casa Leoni. Furthermore, research on the past inhabitants of the house could also be conducted, together with a plan of the house and its environs.
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Educational material 9

The natural environment of the village of Rabat was selected by Denise Aquilina and Oriella Casha, as a means of creating awareness on the natural heritage of Malta. The students are to be taken on a walk around Rabat and its outskirts, whilst paying particular attention to the landscape, habitats and various plant and tree species.
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