'This book, informed by exceptionally wide inquiry into current
history teaching practices in the English-speaking world, is a real
achievement. The authors convey current context and challenges with
great insight, and they move through possibilities in sequencing,
content, skills and assessment, without strident comment, extending
our knowledge of options and pitfalls in the process' - Peter N.
Stearns, Provost, George Mason University 'Comprehensive,
persuasive, and at all times accessible in style and argument, this
text both encourages and empowers university historians to review
and enhance their teaching practices. All key facets of programme
development are explored with reference to an extensive and
well-chosen range of international examples. The chapter on the
historian's skills and qualities of mind is one of several that I
will be referring to frequently' - Jeanine Graham, Senior Lecturer,
History, University of Waikato '... the varied findings make
fascinating reading ... this book should be required reading for
everyone involved in teaching history: there is plenty here for us
all to learn from' - ESCalate 'In providing such a clear,
informative and thoughtful exploration of the current state of
history in higher education, and in helping to raise the quality of
critical debate about its future, this book contributes greatly to
the growing scholarship of teaching and learning in the discipline.
It should also become a vital resource for all historians who wish
to honour the old dictum that, in teaching as in research, the one
duty we owe history is to rewrite it' - Professor Paul Hyland,
Director of History in the Subject Centre for History, Classics and
Archaeology '[E]xtremely useful... provides a thought-provoking and
useful discussion concerning the task of actually teaching history
at university level... This timely book needs to be read widely,
and the many issues it raises should command our closest attention'
- Higher Education Review Over the last 10 years or so, history as
an academic discipline has become steeped in controversy and
introspection. Additional areas of interest have opened up, fresh
perspectives and approaches have been offered, and new teaching and
learning strategies have been advocated. There has been an
increasing emphasis on producing well-qualified graduates equipped
with the skills, knowledge and attitudes to cope with the changing
demands of the world of work. This book suggests how these issues
may be managed. The authors identify and discuss the underlying
principles, and consider ways in which they can be applied at
module and programme levels. The Teaching & Learning in the
Humanities series, edited by Ellie Chambers and Jan Parker, is for
beginning and experienced lecturers. It deals with all aspects of
teaching individual arts and humanities subjects in higher
education. Experienced teachers offer authoritative suggestions on
how to become critically reflective about discipline-specific
practices.
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