Bruce A Vansledright

The Challenge of Rethinking History Education

On Practices, Theories, and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

A work that is suitable for those looking for a guide to both the theory and practice of what it means to teach historical thinking, to engage in investigative practice with students, and to increase students' capacity to critically read and assess the nature of the complex culture in which they live.

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In The Challenge of Rethinking History Education, Bruce A. VanSledright argues for a more inquiry-oriented approach to history teaching and learning that fosters a sense of citizenship through the critical skills of historical investigation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415873789
• ISBN-10: 0415873789
• Artikelnr.: 29924705

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. VanSledright is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Seeking a More Potent Approach to Teaching History
2. On the Limits of Collective Memorialization and Persistent Instruction
3. The Case of Thomas Becker-Using Knowledge of History as a Domain to
Structure Pedagogical Choices
4. Learning History-What Do Students Know and What Can they Do With That
Knowledge?
5. Teaching About Indian Removal-Describing and Unpacking the Investigative
Approach
6. Assessing Student Learning
7. Theorizing Investigative History Teaching
8. How Are History Teachers to Learn to Teach Using an Investigative
Approach?