ABSTRACT

Now in its second edition, Debates in History Teaching remains at the cutting edge of history education. It has been fully updated to take into account the latest developments in policy, research and professional practice. With further exploration into the major issues that history teachers encounter in their daily professional lives, it provides fresh guidance for thinking and practice for teachers within the UK and beyond.

Written by a range of experts in history education, chapters cover all the key issues needed for clear thinking and excellent professional action. This book will enable you to reach informed judgements and argue your point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. Debates include:

  • What is happening today in history education?
  • What is the purpose of history teaching?
  • What do history teachers need to know?
  • What are the key trends and issues in international contexts?
  • What is the role of evidence in history teaching and learning?
  • How should you make use of ICT in your lessons?
  • Should moral learning be an aim of history education?
  • How should history learning be assessed?

Debates in History Teaching remains essential reading for any student or practising teacher engaged in initial training, continuing professional development or Master's-level study.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part I|49 pages

Debates in history teaching

chapter 1|12 pages

Primary history

>Current themes

chapter 2|11 pages

Secondary history

>Current themes

chapter 3|12 pages

History 16–19

part II|114 pages

Debating curriculum issues in history

chapter 6|14 pages

Frameworks of knowledge

>Dilemmas and debates

chapter 7|20 pages

The fertility of substantive knowledge

>In search of its hidden, generative power

chapter 8|13 pages

Historical interpretations

chapter 9|17 pages

Historical change and continuity

>How history teachers are advancing the field

chapter 10|14 pages

Causal explanation

chapter 11|11 pages

Understanding historical evidence

>Teaching and learning challenges

chapter 12|12 pages

Chronological understanding

part III|46 pages

Debating the purpose and expression of history education

part IV|80 pages

Debating the teaching and learning of history

chapter 17|11 pages

Raising attainment

chapter 18|12 pages

Literacies

chapter 19|11 pages

Learning outside the classroom

chapter 20|11 pages

Technology in the History classroom

>Lost in the web?

chapter 22|11 pages

Teacher education in history

chapter 23|11 pages

Assessment