Teaching History at University: Enhancing Learning and Understanding

by Booth,Alan

• ISBN13: 9780415305365
• ISBN10: 0415305365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Teaching history is a substantive, intellectual task. As a form of scholarship it is as complex, challenging and creative as historical research, and it is vital to the future of the discipline. Teaching History at Universityexamines how high-quality history teaching and learning can be achieved in today's universities worldwide. Alan Booth draws on a wide range of international research as well as the reflections and experiences of university historians, linking theory and practice. He provides a wealth of practical ideas and strategies for the classroom. The key to improvement, he argues, lies in understanding students and in reflection on teachers' own educational beliefs, values and assumptions. This is an essential resource for university teachers and all those who are responsible for ensuring the quality of teaching and learning policies and practices within their institutions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
1 Introduction	1	(13)
2 Learning history for understanding	14	(16)
3 History learning from the student perspective	30	(20)
4 Approaches to teaching history	50	(17)
5 Creating a context for learning	67	(20)
6 Strategies for active learning in the history classroom	87	(23)
7 Promoting independence in learning	110	(18)
8 Assessing for understanding	128	(21)
9 Developing understanding of teaching	149	(23)
References	172	(22)
Index	194