CiNii Books - Historical thinking for history teachers : a new approach to engaging students and developing historical consciousness

Effective Australian history education has never been more important for the development of critically aware and thoughtful young people. History fosters important skills in reasoning, historical consciousness and empathy; and an appreciation of history is crucial to the development of students' understanding of the very nature of our society. This edited collection comprises contributions from leading historians, educators and practising teachers, and surveys Australian history teaching today, from the development of the national curriculum to fostering historical thinking and promoting effective engagement in the history classroom. The book begins with an analysis of the principles underlying the drafting of the national curriculum and features insights from the writers of the curriculum themselves. It focuses on the curriculum from primary- and secondary-school teaching perspectives. Part 2 examines the teaching of historical expertise including historical thinking and value formation, as well as productive assessment and the important role social history can play in the classroom. Part 3 concentrates on specific approaches to history teaching including teacher talk; the use of historical fiction and film; digital technology and the internet; as well as museums as a teaching medium. Part 4 analyses key aspects of Australian history teaching including Indigenous perspectives, teaching citizenship and assisting the pre-service teacher in their transition to becoming a professional. Rich with insights into historical skills, historical concepts and critical thinking, as well as practical guidance on translating principles into engaging classroom approaches, this is an essential reference for both pre-service and in-service history teachers and educators.

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Acronyms and abbreviations Preface: Understanding history and the history classroom Introduction 1Historical consciousness and the Australian Curriculum 2Understanding the Australian Curriculum: History 3A primary history perspective on the Australian Curriculum 4Scholarly historical practice and disciplinary method 5The role of questions and sources in promoting historical thinking 6Developing your approach to teaching history 7Teaching empathy and the critical examination of historical evidence 8The nature of values and why they matter in the teaching and learning of history 9The value of direct teaching and historical knowledge 10Inquiry approaches to assessment in the history classroom 11Social history in the classroom 12Teacher talk within the history classroom 13Personalised narratives of war and teaching engaging history 14Using fiction to develop higher-order historical understanding 15Drama pedagogy in the teaching of history 16Integrating filmic pedagogies into the teaching and learning cycle 17Using websites to develop historical thinking 18Digital technology in the primary classroom 19History teaching and the museum 20Classroom perspectives on Australia's contact history 21Approaches to teaching Aboriginal history and politics 22Teaching citizenship in the history classroom 23Navigating professional identity as a teacher of history

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