Bruce Lesh

Broschiertes Buch

"Why Won't You Just Tell Us the Answer?"

Teaching Historical Thinking in Grades 7-12

Beschreibung

Every major measure of studentsâ historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce Lesh believes that this is due to the way we teach historyâ lecture and memorization.

Autor

Bruce Lesh has been a teacher and department chair for eighteen years at Franklin High School in Reisterstown, Maryland. A past president of the Maryland Council for the Social Studies and current vice-chair of the National Council for History Education, Bruce teaches American history and advanced placement U.S. politics and government. Additionally, he has published three units on teaching American history using primary sources and has contributed to the OAH Magazine of History and The History Teacher. In 2008 Bruce was recognized as the Precollegiate Teacher of the Year by the Organization of American Historians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 192mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781571108128
• ISBN-10: 1571108122
• Artikelnr.: 33147295