Full Description
A revolution in history education is propelling historical thinking and knowing to the forefront of history and social studies education in North America and beyond. Teachers, teacher education programs, schools, and ministries of education across Canada are all among those embracing the idea that knowing history means knowing how to think historically.
Becoming a History Teacher is a collection of thoughtful essays by history teachers, historians, and teacher educators on how to prepare student teachers to think historically and to teach historical thinking. Covering the teacher's experience before, during, and after formal certification, Becoming a History Teacher contains a wide range of resources for teachers and educators, including information on the latest research in history education and examples of successful history teaching activities.
Contents
PART I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction (Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking)
Chapter 2. Moving from the Periphery to the Core: The Possibilities for Professional Learning Communities in History Teacher Education (Alan Sears)
Chapter 3. "The Teacher is the Keystone of the Educational Arch": A Century and a Half of Lifelong Teacher Education in Canada (Penney Clark)
Chapter 4. The Poverty and Possibility of Historical Thinking: An Overview of Recent Research into History Teacher Education (Scott A. Pollock)
PART II: Nurturing Historical Thinking Before Entering Teacher Education Program
Chapter 5. On Historians and their Audiences: An Argument for Teaching (and not just writing) History (Ruth W. Sandwell)
Chapter 6. Canadian History for Teachers: Integrating Content and Pedagogy in Teacher Education (Amy von Heyking)
PART III: History and Social Studies' Teacher Education Programs in Canada
Research and Reflection
Chapter 7. What is the Use of the Past for Future Teachers? A Snapshot of Francophone Student Teachers in Ontario and QuÉbec Universities (StÉphane LÉvesque)
Chapter 8. Through the Looking Glass: An Overview of the Theoretical Foundations of Quebec's History Curriculum (Catherine Duquette)
Chapter 9. Troubling Compromises: Historical Thinking in a One-Year Secondary Teacher Education Program (Peter Seixas and Graeme Webber)
Chapter 10. Engaging Teacher Education Through a Re-writing That History We Have Already Learned (Kent den Heyer)
Chapter 11. "Walking the Talk": Modeling the Pedagogy We Preach in History and Social Studies Methodology Courses (Roland Case and Genie MacLeod)
Strategies and Practices
Chapter 12. Teaching Student Teachers to Use Primary Sources When Teaching History (Lindsay Gibson)
Chapter 13. Learning to Learn in New Brunswick Teacher Preparation: Historical Research as a Vehicle for Cultivating Historical Thinking in the Context of Social Studies
ducation (Theodore Christou)
Chapter 14 When In Doubt, Ask: Student Teacher Insights into Research and Practice (John J C Myers)
PART IV: Boundary Work: Sustaining Communities of Practice
Research and Reflections
Chapter 15. Can Teacher Education Programs Learn Something from Teacher Professional Development Initiatives? (Carla L. Peck)
Chapter 16. On the Museum as a Practiced Place: or, Reconsidering Museums and History Education (Brenda Trofanenko)
Strategies and Practices
Chapter 17. Teaching History Teachers in the Classroom (Jan Haskings-Winner)
Chapter 18. Engendering Power and Legitimation: Giving Teachers the Tools to Claim a Place for History Education in their Schools (Rose Fine-Meyer)
Chapter 19. Telling the Stories of the Nikkei: A Place-based History Education Project (Terry Taylor and Linda Farr Darling)
Chapter 20. Conclusion (Amy von Heyking and Ruth Sandwell)
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Endnotes
