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The International Journal Volume 3 Number 1
Journal
International Journal of Historical Teaching, Learning and Research
Volume 3 Number 1 January 2003
Editorial
British Island Stories: History, Schools and Nationhood - Robert Phillips
Articles
School History, National History and the Issue of National Identity - Ann Low-Beer
Nationalism and the Origins of Prejudice - Cedric Cullingford
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The International Journal Volume 3 Number 1
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Move Me On 124: Teaching local history
Teaching History feature
This Issue's problem: Lucy Hutchinson is finding it difficult to teach local history well. Now her new mentor has asked her to plan a local history dimension into the 1750-1900 scheme of work.
Move Me On 124: Teaching local history
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The International Journal Volume 2 Number 2
Journal
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
Volume 2, Number 2 July 2002
Letting the Past Speak
Contributor
John Fines (1938-1999)
An obituary by Jon Nichol 3
Introduction 5
1 History In Schools
1. What is History for in Schools? 6
2. The Respect that is Owed to the...
The International Journal Volume 2 Number 2
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Suffrage, feudal, democracy, treaty... history's building blocks: learning to teach historical concepts
Teaching History article
In the UK, thoughtful history teachers have long lamented the fact that the majority of pupils emerge from their compulsory history schooling at 14 with a limited or inadequate understanding of those key historical concepts that are necessary to make sense of the world in adult life. Whilst more able...
Suffrage, feudal, democracy, treaty... history's building blocks: learning to teach historical concepts
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Cunning Plan 174: creating a narrative of the interwar years
Teaching History feature
The major aim of this sequence of lessons was to teach Year 8 how to create and refine a narrative. I chose a period I was substantively confident on, which lent itself well to the narrative form, had a number of prominent academic narratives published about it and followed neatly...
Cunning Plan 174: creating a narrative of the interwar years
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Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 6-10)
Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series. In this two-part film, Rachel Foster (teaching associate and secondary PGCE lead at the university of Cambridge) explores the key principles and processes of lesson planning for new teachers. View the first part here.
This series is designed to support beginning...
Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 6-10)
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Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 1-5)
Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series. In this two part film, Rachel Foster (teaching associate and secondary PGCE lead at the university of Cambridge) explores the key principles and processes of lesson planning for new teachers. View the second part here.
This series is designed to support beginning history...
Film: An Introduction to Lesson Planning (Parts 1-5)
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Beyond Multiple Choice: Questions and Answers, Pedagogy and Technology in the History classroom
E-CPD
*This unit was produced a number of years ago and whilst still relevant from the pedagogy side of things many of the ICT aspects are outdated.
Interactivity: A Grail-like QuestIn recent years the buzzword in many sectors, whether it be business, communications, entertainment or education, has been interactivity. One of...
Beyond Multiple Choice: Questions and Answers, Pedagogy and Technology in the History classroom
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Film: Formative Assessment
Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series.
Sally Thorne has been a History teacher since 2003 and is currently Head of History at a secondary school in Bristol. She is also a GCSE examiner, textbook author, conference speaker and SHP adviser. In this short film, Sally unpacks formative assessment.
Film: Formative Assessment
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The International Journal Volume 5 Number 1
Journal
François AudigierHistory in the Curriculum
Nadine Fink Pupils' Conceptions of History and History Teaching
Philippe HaeberliRelating to History: an Empirical Typology
Peter LeeHistorical Literacy
Keith Barton and Alan W. McCullyLearning History and Inheriting the Past: the Interaction of School and Community Perspectives in Northern Ireland
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The International Journal Volume 5 Number 1
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New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning
Teaching History feature: the quick guide to the ‘no-quick-fix’
This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Each problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don’t exist. But in others’ writing, you’ll find something better: conversations in which history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations which...
New, Novice or Nervous? 172: Curriculum planning
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The International Journal Volume 1 Number 1
Journal
Editorial
Old Wine, New Bottles : National Identity, Citizenship and the History Curriculum for the 21st Century
Articles
Penelope Harnett - History in the Primary School: Re-Shaping Our Pasts. The Influence of Primary School Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding of History on Curriculum Planning and Implementation.
Laura Capita,...
The International Journal Volume 1 Number 1
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Move Me On 173: teaching the GCSE thematic study
The problem page for history mentors
This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
Move Me On 173: teaching the GCSE thematic study
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Move Me On 102: Securing progression in historical understanding
Teaching History feature
This Issue's Problem: Tony is confused about Progression in historical understanding...
Move Me On 102: Securing progression in historical understanding
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Move Me On 172: Not just relying on the textbook
Teaching History journal feature
This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
Move Me On 172: Not just relying on the textbook
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The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2
Journal
Editorial - History and the History Curriculum
Articles
Isabel Barca - Prospective teachers' ideas about assessing different accounts
Keith Barton - Primary children's understanding of the role of historical evidence: Comparisons between the United States and Northern Ireland
Carley Dalvarez - The Contribution of History to Citizenship Education ...
The International Journal Volume 1 Number 2
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Move Me On 171: Using existing lesson plans
The problem page for history mentors
The 'Move Me On' feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher...
Move Me On 171: Using existing lesson plans
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Move Me On 170: adapting to a second school
The problem page for history mentors
This feature of Teaching History is designed to build critical, informed debate about the character of teacher training, teacher education and professional development. It is also designed to offer practical help to all involved in training new history teachers. Each issue presents a situation in initial teacher education/training with an...
Move Me On 170: adapting to a second school
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Teaching for beginners
Multipage Article
This section is divided into three sub-sections:
2.1 What is history in schools?2.2 Historical knowledge2.3 History classroom practice
An introduction to the discipline of history in schools is covered in ‘What is history in schools?’ Beginning teachers need to learn and think about the nature and purposes of history in the school classroom...
Teaching for beginners
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The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2
Journal
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research
Volume 3 Number 2 July 2003
ISSN 1472 - 9466
Editorial Keith Crawford - The Role and Purpose of Textbooks
Articles Jason Nicholls - Methods in School Textbook Research
Penelope Harnett - History in the Primary School: the Contribution of...
The International Journal Volume 3 Number 2
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Film: Building Subject Knowledge Quickly
Teaching History for Beginners webinar series
This film continues our Teaching History for Beginners filmed webinar series.
As a teacher, you may be teaching topics that you have never studied before. In this episode of the Beginning Teacher webinar series, Laura London, Lecturer in Education on the history PGCE at the University of East Anglia gives advice on...
Film: Building Subject Knowledge Quickly
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New, Novice or Nervous? 169: Developing a sense of place
Journal article
This page is for those new to the published writings of history teachers. Each problem you wrestle with, other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don’t exist. But in others’ writing, you’ll soon find something better: conversations in which other history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations any history...
New, Novice or Nervous? 169: Developing a sense of place
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Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE
Teaching History feature
This Issue's Problem: Louis is having problems teaching the history of medicine course at GCSE.
Move Me On 114: Teaching history of medicine at GCSE
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Understanding 'change and continuity' through colours and timelines
Teaching History article
The small-scale research that Yosanne Vella reports in this article was driven by concern to help pupils develop ‘big picture' visions of the past and to engage effectively with the idea of change as a process rather than an event. The strategy that she adopts - asking groups of students...
Understanding 'change and continuity' through colours and timelines
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Cunning Plan 129: Why has there been so much interest in Mary I?
Teaching History feature
The obvious answer to this question is that teenagers love stories about fire, and especially role plays about martyrdom at the stake! But it is a serious question and a very good historical one. When focusing pupils' attention on ‘historical interpretations' as required by the National Curriculum (both the current...
Cunning Plan 129: Why has there been so much interest in Mary I?
