Bruce Vansledright

In Search of America's Past

Learning to Read History in Elementary School

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bruce VanSledright shows how young students can benefit from an investigative, inquiry-based approach to the study of history, as called for by the national standards. Addressing important questions about the teaching and learning of history in today's diverse classrooms, this volume: -- Details the results of an innovative teacher-research project, using engaging storytelling to make the classroom "come alive" for the reader -- Provides examples and guidelines, developed from the author's own fifth-grade classroom, for teaching novices to engage in historical investigations (in contrast to memorizing details in a textbook) -- Offers strong evidence that children do have the intellectual capacity to judge the validity, reliability, and perspective of historical documents and images -- Wrestles with a number of issues facing history teachers who wish to embark on ambitious projects with their students that can take them against the grain of policy mandates (such as recall-based, high-stakes testing)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Teachers College Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 161mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780807741924
• ISBN-10: 0807741922
• Artikelnr.: 21713100

Autorenporträt

Bruce VanSledright is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and researcher on the teaching and learning of history in public schools.