The Challenge of Rethinking History Education: On Practices, Theories, and Policy
ISBN: 9780415873796 | 0415873797
Edition: 1stFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 7/6/2010
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In The Challenge of Rethinking History Education, Bruce 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.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Seeking a More Potent Approach to Teaching History | p. 5 |
| On the Limits of Collective Memorialization and Persistent Instruction | p. 21 |
| The Case of Thomas Becker: Using Knowledge of History as a Domain to Structure Pedagogical Choices | p. 39 |
| Learning History: What Do Students Know and What Can They Do with that Knowledge? | p. 60 |
| Teaching about Indian Removal: Describing and Unpacking the Invest... MORE | p. 81 |
| Assessing Student Learning | p. 128 |
| Theorizing Investigative History Teaching | p. 155 |
| How Are History Teachers to Learn to Teach Using an Investigative Approach? | p. 172 |
| Appendix | p. 195 |
| Notes | p. 198 |
| Index | p. 217 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Bruce A. VanSledright is Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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