Misremembering as Mediated Action

Schematic Narrative Templates and Elementary Students' Narration of the Past

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11070542
AutoresJohn S Wills (University of California, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen39
Número1
Páginas115-144
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2011.10473449
OpenAlexW2060187149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas30

The purpose of this article is to explore three fifth grade students' misremembering of the beginnings of American history as a form of mediated action, active agents using cultural tools provided by a sociocultural setting to represent and interpret the past (Wertsch, 2000). Data come from a 10-month qualitative case study of history instruction in one fourth grade and two fifth grade classrooms, and include student interviews, videotaped observations of lessons, and curricular materials and student work. Drawing on Wertsch's (2002, 2004) distinction between specific narratives and schematic narrative templates, the author argues that three fifth grade students' mistaken narration of the beginnings of American history was informed by their use of a schematic narrative template that was present in the enacted curriculum. The author concludes the article with a discussion of the implications of the presence of this cultural tool and its use by students for the teaching of history and students' development of a usable historical past

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