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Book SynopsisCanadian historians and educators discuss current debates about history education and historical knowledge to develop an innovative agenda for research and practice in the new millennium.
Trade ReviewThis excellent book contains outstanding contributions on history education, relating not only to Canadian issues but also to educational debates taking place in different continents. Its chapters are without doubt insightful tools for developing a reflective point of view about the role of historical contents in our increasingly globalized and multicultural societies. -- Mario Carretero, Professor of Psychology, Autonoma University, Madrid
Table of ContentsIntroduction / 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
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