This excellent book contains outstanding contributions on history education, relating not only to Canadian issues but also to educational debates taking place in different continents. Its chapters are without doubt insightful tools for developing a reflective point of view about the role of historical contents in our increasingly globalized and multicultural societies. - Mario Carretero, Professor of Psychology, Autonoma University, Madrid

The place of history in school curricula has sparked heated debate in Canada. Is Canadian history dead? Who killed it? Should history be put in the service of nation? Can any history be truly inclusive?

New Possibilities for the Past advances the debate by shifting the focus from what should be included in a nation's history to how we should think about and teach the past. Museum educators, secondary school teachers, historians, and history educators document the state of history education research. They go on to consider the implications of the research for classrooms from kindergarten to graduate school and in other contexts such as museums, virtual environments, and public institutional settings. This book takes into consideration the perspectives of indigenous peoples, the citizens of Quebec, and advocates of citizenship education.

This volume sets a comprehensive research agenda for educators, policy-makers, and historians to help students learn about and, more importantly, understand the significance of the past.

Les mer
Canadian historians and educators discuss current debates about history education and historical knowledge to develop an innovative agenda for research and practice in the new millennium.

Introduction / Penney Clark

Part 1: History Education: Contested Terrain

1 A Brief Survey of Canadian Historiography / Margaret Conrad

2 Teaching Canadian History: A Century of Debate / Ken Osborne

3 The Debate on History Education in Quebec / Jocelyn Létourneau

4 Teaching History from an Indigenous Perspective: Four Winding Paths up the Mountain / Michael Marker

Part 2: Orientations Toward Historical Thinking

5 What it Means to Think Historically / Stéphane Lévesque

6 Assessment of Historical Thinking / Peter Seixas

7 History Education as a Disciplined "Ethic of Truths" / Kent den Heyer

Part 3: Classroom Contexts for Historical Thinking

8 Historical Thinking in Elementary Education: A Review of Research / Amy von Heyking

9 Historical Thinking in Secondary Schools: Zones and Gardens / Tom Morton

10 The Shape of Historical Thinking in a Canadian History Survey Course in University / Gerald Friesen

11 History Iis a Verb: Teaching Historical Practice toTeacher Education Students / Ruth Sandwell

Part 4: Other Contexts for Historical Thinking

12 Historical thinking in the Museum: Open to Interpretation / Viviane Gosselin

13 Creating and Using Virtual Environments to Promote Historical Thinking / Kevin Kee and Nicki Darbyson

14 Obsolete Icons and the Teaching of History / Peter Seixas and Penney Clark

Part 5: Perspectives on Historical Thinking

15 Ethnicity and Students' Historical Understandings / Carla Peck

16 Learning and Teaching History in Quebec: Assessment, Context, Outlook / Marc André Ethier and David Lefrançois

17 Historical Thinking and Citizenship Education: It Is Time to End the War / Alan Sears

Contributors

Index

Les mer
Historians and educators map the state of history education in Canada to draft a blueprint for future research and practice.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774820592
Publisert
2012-01-01
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press; University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
600 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UF, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
408

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Penney Clark is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia and director of the History Education Network/Histoire et éducation en réseau.

Contributors: Penney Clark, Margaret Conrad, Nicki Darbyson, Kent den Heyer, Marc André Ethier, Gerald Friesen, Viviane Gosselin, Kevin Kee, David Lefrançois, Jocelyn Létourneau, Stéphane Lévesque, Michael Marker, Tom Morton, Ken Osborne, Carla Peck, Ruth Sandwell, Alan Sears, Peter Seixas, and Amy von Heyking