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In clear, concise language, the book deals with fundamental issues that must be addressed if teachers are to construct coherent and powerful history curricula:
• What are the purposes and goals that different types of teachers establish for their history teaching?
• What do children know and think about history, and what are the teaching implications for our schools?
Contents: Preface • The Place and Importance of History in the Elementary Curriculum • Teaching History • Storytelling: The Case of Mary Lake • Qualitative Analyses of Students’ Developing Historical Knowledge and Thinking • Scientific History: The Case of Ramona Palmer • History as a Tool for Reform: The Case of Sara Atkinson • Implications for Curriculum and Instruction
This book represents a major advance in developing a knowledge base about children’s historical learning and thinking that applies to history teaching some of the principles involved in teaching for understanding and conceptual change teaching, methods that have been so successful in other school subjects.
