How Students Understand the Past
eBook - ePub

How Students Understand the Past

From Theory to Practice

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How Students Understand the Past

From Theory to Practice

About this book

History and archaeology education is highly valued among modern societies that seek to educate their youth about the past. Yet these areas have been_for the most part_slow to employ the latest advances in education theory and practice. Former classroom teacher and science education specialist M. Elaine Davis presents an informed and useful text that demonstrates the importance of contemporary learning theory and educational research to the development of effective programs in both formal and informal history and archaeology education. Chapters cover teaching and history education theory, and apply this to various case studies and program examples. This text will prove a much-valued tool for school teachers, museum educators, archaeologists, and historians_challenging and aiding educators to assess and improve their respective programs.

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Information

Year
2005
eBook ISBN
9780759114944
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. List of Tables
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. I - TEACHING AND LEARNING HISTORY
  8. II - CONSTRUCTING THE PAST: A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
  9. III - TEACHING A HISTORY THAT MATTERS
  10. Appendix I: Data List
  11. Appendix 2: Interview Guide
  12. Appendix 3: Student Questionnaire
  13. References
  14. Index
  15. About the Author