Historiographical Thinking

Towards a New Approach to Preparing History Teachers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11070976
AutoresThomas Fallace (0000-0002-5417-7077, University of Mary Washington, autor correspondente), Johann N Neem (0000-0003-1651-1924, Western Washington University)
Ano2005
Volume33
Fascículo3
Páginas329-346
Data de publicação2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2005.10473285
OpenAlexW2053999453
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas43

This article draws upon writings by social studies educators and historians to articulate a new approach to training history teachers. We argue that the divide between advocates of historical thinking and of historical content can be overcome through a better understanding of what it means to know history. By examining the nature of the historical discipline, we argue that historiographical knowledge, or learning through reading and criticizing secondary historical texts in relation to each other, may better prepare teachers to think about history. Such an approach can improve teachers' knowledge of the past and their awareness of the interpretive nature of all historical writing. Historiographical training can also give teachers the tools to stay current in the field. This essay defines historiographical knowledge, demonstrates how historiographical knowledge offers a more accurate view of how history is constructed, and suggests how historiographical knowledge can inform a range of pedagogical approaches in social studies and history classrooms

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