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New possibilities for the past : shaping history education in Canada / edited by Penney Clark.

Clark, Penney, 1950- (Added Author).

Summary:

"This collection explores and articulates the landscape of history education research and practice in Canada. It does this to help define and refine the research agenda in history teaching and practice, which at the present time take place against a backdrop of public concern about Canadians' abysmal knowledge of their own history and a perceived need for more, and then even more, Canadian history in schools. It is crucial that scholarly research be pursued thoughtfully and in a cohesive manner and that classroom practice be informed by the finding of this research."--Introduction.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774820585
ISBN: 0774820586
ISBN: 9780774820592
ISBN: 0774820594
ISBN: 9780774820608
ISBN: 0774820608
ISBN: 9780774820615
ISBN: 0774820616
Physical Description: 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A brief survey of Canadian historiography / Margaret Conrad - Teaching Canadian history : a century of debate / Ken Osborne - The debate on history education in Quebec / Jocelyn Letourneau - Teaching history from an Indigenous perspective : four winding paths up the mountain / Michael Marker - What it means to think historically / Stephane Levesque - Assessment of historical thinking / Peter Seixas - History education as a disciplined "ethic of truths" / Kent den Heyer - Historical thinking in elementary education : a review of research / Amy von Heyking - Historical thinking in secondary schools : zones and gardens / Tom Morton - The shape of historical thinking in a Canadian history survey course in university / Gerald Friesen - History is a verb : teaching historical practice to teacher education students / Ruth Sandwell - Historical thinking in the museum : open to interpretation / Viviane Gosselin - Creating and using virtual environments to promote historical thinking / Kevin Kee and Nicki Darbyson - Obsolete icons and the teaching of history / Peter Seixas and Penney Clark - Ethnicity and students' historical understandings / Carla Peek - Learning and teaching history in Quebec : assessment, context, outllook / Marc-Andre Ethier and David Lefrancois - Historical thinking and citizenship education : it is time to end the war / Alan Sears.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued in electronic format.