Overview

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.

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Author:   Penney Clark
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780774820592

ISBN 10:   0774820594
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

In shifting the discussion from what kinds of history should be taught in our schools to how history should be taught, this pathbreaking book takes us beyond the stale debates of the 1990s. It is, in itself, an important milestone in the development of the field of history education in Canada. - Steven High, Canada Research Chair in Public History, Concordia University

In shifting the discussion from what kinds of history should be taught in our schools to how history should be taught, this pathbreaking book takes us beyond the stale debates of the 1990s. It is, in itself, an important milestone in the development of the field of history education in Canada.<br> - Steven High, Canada Research Chair in Public History, Concordia University

Author Information

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

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