Learning in the Field. Didactics of Learning

Following the slogan “From seeing to understanding”, this paper will focus on a Roman colony. A visit to the Archaeological Park Xanten (APX), the area of Colonia Ulpia Trajana (CUT), provides lasting insights into everyday Roman life and urban culture of the Roman Empire, the political environment of the New Testament. The perspective on living in the colony emphasizes a deeper understanding of the socio-political framework and social constellations in early Christianity. Through the unique combination of reconstructions of entire building complexes such as a Roman hostel, currently ongoing archaeological excavations and the new museum of roman archaeology with its innovative concept, new ways of conveying information are being pursued and access to the Roman world is being opened up in a very vivid way. On the one hand, the paper will show possibilities how the APX can be used practically as a place of learning as learning in the field according to the subject of this paper. On the other hand, the didactic approach to the reconstruction of antiquity using the example of the CUT will be critically discussed.