Thinking Historically: Educating Students for the 21st Century

Levesque, Stephane

ISBN 10: 1442610999 / ISBN 13: 9781442610996

Published by University of Toronto Press, 2009

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Synopsis:

Two simple but profound questions have preoccupied scholars since the establishment of history education over a century ago: what is historical thinking, and how do educators go about teaching it? In Thinking Historically, Stéphane Ltévesque examines these questions, focusing on what it means to think critically about the past. As students engage in a new century already characterized by global instability, uncertainty, and rivalry over claims about the past, present, and future, this study revisits enduring questions and aims to offer new and relevant answers.

Drawing on a rich collection of personal, national, and international studies in history education, Ltévesque offers a coherent and innovative way of looking at how historical expertise in the domain intersects with the 'pedagogy of history education.' Thinking Historically provides teacher educators, and all those working in the field of history education, ways of rethinking their practice by presenting some of the benchmarks, in terms of procedural concepts, of what students ought to learn and do to become more critical historical actors and citizens.

As questions regarding history education compel educators with greater force than ever, this study explores different ways of approaching and engaging with the discipline in the twenty-first century.

About the Author:

Stéphane Lévesque is professor and director of the Virtual History and Stories Lab at the University of Ottawa.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thinking Historically: Educating Students ...
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket