Permissible Dose

by Walker, J. Samuel

• ISBN13: 9780520223288
• ISBN10: 0520223284
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

A concise and readable guide to the historical development of radiation protection standards by federal government agencies from the Manhattan Project to the present.

Author Biography

J. Samuel Walker is the historian of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
PART I Current Issues in History Education	15	(126)
Schweigen! die Kinder! or, Does Postmodern History Have a Place in the Schools?	19	(19)
Peter Seixas
Is It Possible to Teach Beliefs, as Well as Knowledge about History?	38	(13)
James V. Wertsch
Teaching and Learning History in Canada	51	(12)
Desmond Morton
Dilemmas and Delights of Learning History	63	(20)
David Lowenthal
The Caliph's Coin: The Currency of Narrative Frameworks in History Teaching	83	(19)
Denis Shemilt
The ``Convergence'' Paradigm in Studying Early American History in the Schools	102	(19)
Gary B. Nash
Constructing World History in the Classroom	121	(20)
Ross E. Dunn
PART II Changes Needed to Advance Good History Teaching	141	(54)
The Educational Backgrounds of History Teachers	143	(13)
Diane Ravitch
A Catwalk across the Great Divide: Redesigning the History Teaching Methods Course	156	(22)
G. Williamson McDiarmid
Peter Vinten-Johansen
``What's This New Crap? What's Wrong with the Old Crap?'' Changing History Teaching in Oakland, California	178	(17)
Shelly Weintraub
PART III Research on Teaching and Learning in History	195	(132)
Progression in Historical Understanding among Students Ages 7--14	199	(24)
Peter Lee
Rosalyn Ashby
Lessons on Teaching and Learning in History from Paul's Pen	223	(23)
Gaea Leinhardt
Methods and Aims of Teaching History in Europe: A Report on Youth and History	246	(16)
Bodo von Borries
How Americans Use and Think about the Past: Implications from a National Survey for the Teaching of History	262	(22)
Roy Rosenzweig
Articulating the Silences: Teachers' and Adolescents' Conceptions of Historical Significance	284	(22)
Linda S. Levstik
Making Historical Sense	306	(21)
Sam Wineburg
PART IV Models for Teaching	327	(144)
Into the Breach: Using Research and Theory to Shape History Instruction	331	(22)
Robert B. Bain
Making Connections: The Interdisciplinary Community of Teaching and Learning History	353	(22)
Christine Gutierrez
A Case Study of Developing Historical Understanding via Instruction: The Importance of Integrating Text Components and Constructing Arguments	375	(15)
James F. Voss
Jennifer Wiley
Historical Understanding: Beyond the Past and into the Present	390	(29)
Veronica Boix-Mansilla
Getting Specific about Training in Historical Analysis: A Case Study in World History	419	(18)
Peter N. Stearns
The Sourcer's Apprentice: A Tool for Document-Supported Instruction	437	(34)
M. Anne Britt
Charles A. Perfetti
Julie A. Van Dyke
Gareth Gabrys
Postlogue	471	(6)
Contributors	477