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Big Historys Big Potential
Big History has been developing very fast indeed. We are currently observing a 'Cambrian explosion' in terms of its popularity and diffusion. Big History courses are taught in the schools and universities of several dozen countries, including China, Korea, the Netherlands, the USA, India, Russia, Japan, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and many more. The International Big History Association (IBHA) is gaining momentum in its projects and membership. Conferences are beginning to be held regularly (this edited volume has been prepared on the basis of the proceedings of the International Big History Association Inaugural Conference [see below for details]). Hundreds of researchers are involved in studying and teaching Big History
Teaching and Researching Big History: Exploring a New Scholarly Field
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Introduction. Big History's Big Potential
Big History has been developing very fast indeed. We are currently observing
a ‘Cambrian explosion’ in terms of its popularity and diffusion.
Big History courses are taught in the schools and universities of several
dozen countries, including China, Korea, the Netherlands, the USA, India,
Russia, Japan, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and many more.
The International Big History Association (IBHA) is gaining momentum
in its projects and membership. Conferences are beginning to be held
regularly (this edited volume has been prepared on the basis of the proceedings
of the International Big History Association Inaugural Conference
[see below for details]). Hundreds of researchers are involved in
studying and teaching Big History
Teaching & Researching Big History: Exploring a New Scholarly Field
According to the working definition of the International Big History Association,
‘Big History seeks to understand the integrated history of the Cosmos, Earth, Life and
Humanity, using the best available empirical evidence and scholarly methods’. In recent
years Big History has been developing very fast indeed. Big History courses are taught
in the schools and universities of several dozen countries. Hundreds of researchers are involved
in studying and teaching Big History. The unique approach of Big History, the
interdisciplinary genre of history that deals with the grand narrative of 13.8 billion years,
has opened up a vast amount of research agendas. Big History brings together constantly
updated information from the scientific disciplines and merges it with the contemplative
realms of philosophy and the humanities. It also provides a connection between the past,
present, and future. Big History is a colossal and extremely heterogeneous field of research
encompassing all the forms of existence and all timescales. Unsurprisingly, Big History
may be presented in very different aspects and facets. In this volume the Big History is presented
and discussed in three different ways. In its first part, Big History is explored in terms
of methodology, theories of knowledge, as well as showcasing the personal approach of
scholars to Big History. The second section comprises such articles that could clarify Big
History's main trends and laws. The third part of this book explores the nature of teaching Big History as well as profiling a number of educational methods.
This volume will be useful both for those who study interdisciplinary macroproblems
and for specialists working in focused directions, as well as for those who are interested in evolutionary issues of Astrophysics, Geology, Biology, History, Anthropology, Linguistics and other areas of study
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Big History's Big Potential
<p>Big History has been developing very fast indeed. We are currently observing</p>
<p>a ‘Cambrian explosion’ in terms of its popularity and diffusion.</p>
<p>Big History courses are taught in the schools and universities of several</p>
<p>dozen countries, including China, Korea, the Netherlands, the USA, India,</p>
<p>Russia, Japan, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and many more.</p>
<p>The International Big History Association (IBHA) is gaining momentum</p>
<p>in its projects and membership. Conferences are beginning to be held</p>
<p>regularly (this edited volume has been prepared on the basis of the proceedings</p>
<p>of the International Big History Association Inaugural Conference</p>
<p>[see below for details]). Hundreds of researchers are involved in</p>
<p>studying and teaching Big History.</p
Teaching Big History
Big History is a new field on a grand scale: it tells the story of the universe over time through a diverse range of disciplines that spans cosmology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and archaeology, thereby reconciling traditional human history with environmental geography and natural history.Weaving the myriad threads of evidence-based human knowledge into a master narrative that stretches from the beginning of the universe to the present, the Big History framework helps students make sense of their studies in all disciplines by illuminating the structures that underlie the universe and the connections among them.Teaching Big History is a powerful analytic and pedagogical resource, and serves as a comprehensive guide for teaching Big History, as well for sharing ideas about the subject and planning a curriculum around it. Readers are also given helpful advice about the administrative and organizational challenges of instituting a general education program constructed around Big History. The book includes teaching materials, examples, and detailed sample exercises.This book is also an engaging first-hand account of how a group of professors built an entire Big History general education curriculum for first-year students, demonstrating how this thoughtful integration of disciplines exemplifies liberal education at its best and illustrating how teaching and learning this incredible story can be transformative for professors and students alike.https://scholar.dominican.edu/books/1073/thumbnail.jp