VanSledright, Bruce.

The challenge of rethinking history education : on practices, theories, and policy / Bruce A. VanSledright. - New York : Routledge, c2010. - 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Seeking a more potent approach to teaching history -- On the limits of collective memorialization and persistent instruction -- The case of Thomas Becker : using knowledge of history as a domain to structure pedagogical choices -- Learning history : what do students know and what can they do with that knowledge? -- Teaching about Indian removal : describing and unpacking the investigative approach -- Assessing student learning -- Theorizing investigative history teaching -- How are history teachers to learn to teach using an investigative approach?.

9780415873789 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415873796 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203844847 (ebook)

2010017581


History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.


United States--History--Study and teaching (Secondary)

E175.8 / Van 2010

973.071