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Research and Practice in History Education in England : A Perspective from London
Get PDFThis paper reflects on the current state of history education research and practice in England by exploring the aims that history education serves in theory and in practice and by sketching recent trends in English history education research and scholarship. Aims are explored through reflection on the ways in which they have been discussed in English history education literature and through an analysis of recent English curriculum documents. The paper goes on to explore teachers’ ideas about aims, as revealed in recent curriculum contestation, and teacher and student thinking about aims, as revealed in aspects of two published studies – on student teacher’s thinking about what history education is for and school students’ understandings of the value of learning history. Changes in history education research and theory are explored by comparing three editions of an influential book, written for teachers and teacher educators. These editions span the period between 2000 and the present and analysis of the focus on the chapters in the editions enables change and continuity in research and theorizing during this period to be considered. The paper ends by identifying possible future agendas for English history education research and theorizing
Taking the perspective of the other seriously? understanding historical argument
Get PDFLevando a sério a perspectiva do outro: compreendendo o argumento históricoEste trabalho discute a natureza do argumento e seu papel e importância na aprendizagem histórica. Este trabalho descreve as estratégias pedagógicas desenvolvidas para auxiliar os alunos a compreender o que é o argumento, a estabelecer modelos de como os argumentos funcionam e a pensar como os argumentos podem ser avaliados. Estas estratégias são explicadas enquanto estratégias genéricas de pensamento crÃtico; e o artigo demonstra, então, como elas podem ser aplicadas em contextos de educação histórica. As estratégias descritas objetivam tornar claras, para os alunos, as relações lógicas incorporadas pelos argumentos, através do uso de analogias e estratégias de aprendizagem ativa. Estas procuram, primeiramente, possibilitar que os alunos representem relações lógicas de maneira concreta e, em segundo lugar, auxiliar os alunos a manipular e explorar estas relações. Â
Historical Interpretation: Deconstructing Represented Pasts
Get PDFThis chapter explores ‘historical interpretation’, a curriculum concept at the centre of
historical reasoning and history education, although one that is often neglected. The
nature of historical interpretation is clarified, and key aspects of the concept are explained
and illustrated. The challenges that learning about interpretation can present for students
are identified and explored and four activity types, designed to help students of various
ages to develop their understanding of the concept are explained
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