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TEACHING ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURYered in depth in the classroom. Involving students in thesedecisions in the field means that they get direct, practicalexposure to a critical component of field archaeology.Finally, a number of decisions that directly affect the archaeologicalrecord and archaeological research can safely bemade by students, with supervision. For example, after readingsand discussions of sampling strategies, I asked four ofmy students to devise a shovel test pit strategy around a historicfoundation to detect outbuildings. After an hour of discussion,they presented a plan to me. The plan did as I hadasked and, with minor modifications, they set about executingit. As they progressed, they decided that their coverageneeded to be improved and, with my approval, modified theplan. In the end, the students had solved a research problemwhile abiding by ethical standards. While I could have madethe decision, directed them in what to do, and explained thereasoning, their discussion, planning, execution, and modificationof their own plan made it so that they will be able tomake those same decisions at different sites and under differentconditions. Allowing students to devise and executesmall portions of an excavation during a field school, especiallywhen they need to modify them, provides them withauthentic learning (Perry 2004) applicable to archeologicalpractice and beyond.ConclusionAs instructors of archaeology, one of the most valuable skillsthat we can teach our students, both those who becomearchaeologists and those who do not, is real-world problemsolving. Students who can solve complex problems involvingmany different interests will become a valuable asset to theworld of archaeology and to their broader community. Realworldproblem solving can be taught in the classroom, butthe involvement of students in archaeological practice is amore appropriate method. However, archaeologists need tohave a more robust discussion about field school pedagogy ifwe want to protect both the archaeological record and thediscipline.References CitedBanning, E. B.2000 The Archaeologist’s Laboratory: The Analysis of ArchaeologicalData. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.Baxter, Jane Eva2009 Archaeological Field Schools: A Guide for Teaching in theField. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, California.Bender, Susan J., and George S. Smith (editors)2000 Teaching Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century. Society forAmerican Archaeology, Washington, D.C.Bender, Susan J.2000 A Proposal to Guide Curricular Reform for the Twenty-First Century. In Teaching Archaeology in the Twenty-FirstCentury, edited by Susan J. Bender and George S. Smith,pp. 29–48. Society for American Archaeology, Washington,D.C.Burke, Heather, and Claire Smith (editors)2007 Archaeology to Delight and Instruct: Active Learning in theUniversity Classroom. One World Archaeology No. 49. LeftCoast Press, Walnut Creek, California.Daniels, Steve, and Nicholas David1982 The Archaeology Workbook. University of PennsylvaniaPress, Philadelphia.David, Nicholas, and Jonathan C Driver1989 The Next Archaeology Workbook. University of PennsylvaniaPress, Philadelphia.Davis, Hester A., Jeffrey H. Altschul, Judith Bense, Elizabeth M.Brumfiel, Shereen Lerner, James J. Miller, Vincas P.Steponaitis, and Joe Watkins1999 Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century: Thoughts onUndergraduate Education. SAA Bulletin 17(1).Kamp, Kathryn2014 Teaching Archaeology in the First Part of the Twenty-FirstCentury. The SAA Archaeological Record 14(1): 30–32.Lynott, Mark J., David G. Anderson, Glen H. Doran, Ricardo J.Elia, Maria Franklin, K. Anne Pyburn, Joseph Schuldenrein,and Dean R. Snow1999 Teaching Archaeology in the 21st Century: Thoughts onGraduate Education. SAA Bulletin 17(1).Mytum, Harold (editor)2012 Global Perspectives on Archaeological Field Schools: Constructionsof Knowledge and Experience. Springer, New York.Patterson, Thomas Carl1994 The Theory and Practice of Archaeology: A Workbook. 2nded. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.Perry, Jennifer E.2004 Authentic Learning in Field Schools: Preparing FutureMembers of the Archaeological Community. WorldArchaeology 36(2): 236–260.Rice, Patricia C.1998 Doing Archaeology: A Hands-on Laboratory Manual. MayfieldPub., Mountain View, California.Schuldenrein, Joseph, and Jeffrey H. Altschul2000 Archaeological Education and Private Sector Employment.In Teaching Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century, editedby Susan J. Bender and George S. Smith, pp. 59–67. Societyfor American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.White, Nancy Marie, Brent R. Weisman, Robert H. Tykot, E. ChristianWells, Karla L. Davis- Salazar, John W. Arthur, andKathryn Weedman2004 Academic Archaeology is Public Archaeology. The SAAArchaeological Record 4(2): 26–29.22 The SAA Archaeological Record • May 2014