Full Description
MasterClass in History Education draws on international research and practice to present effective and engaging approaches for history teachers who want to explore the ways in which reading, research and reflection can support the development of history teaching and learning in the classroom.
At the heart of the book is a series of professional enquiries carried out by experienced history teachers, working in a range of contexts. Each history teacher addresses clear questions arising from their practice and together they illustrate various approaches to data collection, data analysis and argument. These history teachers also show how they drew on diverse scholarship in history and history education, including many publications by other history teachers. In eight further chapters, other experts, ranging from practitioner-scholars to researchers in diverse fields (such as history, history education, teacher education, teacher research and curriculum theory) reflect on the distinctive insights that these teachers offer and explore connections with their own fields.
The combination of perspectives and the depth of knowledge of the varied contributors reveal the importance of different kinds of relationship between 'theory' and 'practice'. The links between classroom realities and research and the critical use of different kinds of text will support history teachers in developing their practice and professional voice.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Foreword
Introduction, Christine Counsell, Katharine Burn and Arthur Chapman
Part I: Researching History Education
1.Historical Change: In Search of Argument, Rachel Foster
2.Historical Causation: Counter-Factual Reasoning and the Power of Comparison, Ellen Buxton
3.Knowledge and Language: Being Historical With Substantive Concepts, Michael Fordham
4.Frameworks for Big History: Teaching History at Its Lower Resolutions, Rick Rogers
5.Evidential Thinking: Language as Liberator and Gaoler, Paula Worth
6.Historical Interpretation: Using On-Line Discussion, Daniel Magnoff
7.Historical Significance: Giving Meaning to Local Places, Michael Harcourt
8.Unmasking Diversity: Curriculum Rhetoric Meets the Classroom, Robert Somers
Part II: Discussing History Education Research
9.Causation, Chronology and Source Interpretation - Looking at School History from the Perspective of a University History Faculty: Reflections on Chapters by Ellen Buxton, Paula Worth and Rick Rogers, John Watts
10.On The Dual Character Of Historical Thinking: Challenges For Teaching And Learning: Reflections on Chapters by Daniel Magnoff, Rachel Foster and Ellen Buxton, Allan Megill
11.Exploring the Relationship between Substantive and Disciplinary Knowledge: Reflections on Chapters by Michael Fordham, Michael Harcourt and Daniel Magnoff, Kate Hammond
12.Teaching for Historical Understanding: Thematic Continuities with the Work of Lawrence Stenhouse, Reflections on Chapters by Rachel Foster, Robert Somers and Paula Worth, John Elliott
13.School Subjects as Powerful Knowledge: Lessons from History
Reflections on Chapters by Rachel Foster, Ellen Buxton and Michael Fordham, Michael Young
14.Breaking the Ice: Encouraging Students to Excavate the Familiar Surfaces of the Past Reflections on Chapters by Michael Harcourt, Michael Fordham and Robert Somers, Ed Podesta
15.Redesigning History Education to Improve Pupils' Understanding: Implications for Theory and Research: Reflections on Chapters by Daniel Magnoff, Michael Harcourt And Rick Rogers, Carla Van Boxtel And Jannet Van Drie
16.Voices From and Voices about the Past: Connecting Evidence, Significance and Diversity
Reflections on Chapters by Michael Harcourt, Robert Somers and Paula Worth, Izzy Jones
17.History's Distinctive Contribution to Critical Citizenship: Reflections on Chapters by Rick Rogers, Rachel Foster and Ellen Buxton, Mark Sheehan
Part III: Contextualising History Education Research
18.Historical Thinking / Historical Knowing: On the Content of the Form of History Education, Arthur Chapman
19.Sustaining the Unresolving Tensions within History Education and Teacher Education, Katharine Burn
20.History Teacher Publication and the Curricular 'What?': Mobilising Subject-Specific Professional Knowledge in a Culture of Genericism, Christine Counsell
Notes
References
Index
