Making Sense of Scotland

Our Framework for Outreach and Learning

Making Sense of Scotland is a new framework for outreach and Learning. Our key aim is to make Scotland’s historic environment a valued national resource for lifelong learning by reaching out to more diverse audiences. 

 

Our Making Sense of Scotland Framework

Download our Making Sense of Scotland Framework to find out more.

Our Making Sense of Scotland Framework

Watch our video to find out more about our aims, audiences and our fantastic heritage resources.

We’ll help practitioners, communities, learners and visitors see the historic environment as a national resource. One with clear and exciting benefits for all audiences.

Aims and Outcomes

Whether in the classroom, during a site visit, in reminiscence sessions, outdoors on the move or indoors at film or exhibition, our eight aims and outcomes represent what we want to achieve when we deliver our learning programmes:

  • Access & Understand
  • Learn & Reflect
  • Inclusion & Diversity
  • Skills & Experience
  • Ideas & Creativity
  • Wellbeing & Have Fun
  • Share & Collaborate
  • People & Places

Our outreach and learning services

We offer a range of services and resources for learning groups of all ages. Our FREE learning visits help to make Scotland’s heritage accessible to learners of all ages. We also offer an endless supply of digital assets for fun targeted teaching with our Learning Resources.

 

It’s archaeology, history, cultural heritage and so much more. We can help provide the inspiration, unique experiences and multi-sensory environments needed for any formal learning, vocational, leisure or social experience.

Our partnership projects

We're working with a cross-sector, collaborative and inter-disciplinary approach as the key to success.

We directly engage with a range of priority audiences such as schools, youth work and community education through our partnership projects. 

Making Sense of Scotland – what’s next?

With an inspiring, inclusive and interactive offer, everyone can engage with heritage.

We’ll be developing a new ‘Making Sense of Scotland’ programme and tools to help with evaluation and to support and inspire educators, practitioners and learners of all ages to make the most of the historic environment as a national resource for learning, so check back for updates soon!