Research

This section contains research into history teaching conducted by the HA as well as Teaching History articles reporting on empirical research of particular relevance for trainees seeking to understand how history has been taught and experienced in different contexts. See also the reports from the HA's annual survey of history in secondary schools

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  • The International Journal Volume 10 Number 2

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    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 10, Number 2- Spring 2012.     Marcelo Fronza and Maria Auxiliadora Moreira dos Santos The Conceptions of Objective Historical Knowledge of Young Students in Brazilian High Schools   Olga Magalhaes Historical Narratives of Young Portuguese Students   Rita de Cassia Goncalves Pacheco...

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  • Debates: Narratives - what matters most in school history education?

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    In England, a curriculum review is imminent. Following a recent ‘call for evidence' by the government, further consultation on the future shape of history in schools will follow. The HA is currently consulting its membership and will be publishing discussion papers in January 2012. At such a time, everyone in...

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  • Understanding 'change and continuity' through colours and timelines

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    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...

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  • The International Journal Volume 10 Number 1

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    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 10, Number 1 - Summer 2011. Editorial    Jean Pierre Charland, Marc-Andre Ethier,Jean Francois Cardin  History Written on Walls: a study of Quebec High School Students' historical consciousness   Michelle J. Bellino and Robert L. Selman High School Students' Understanding of Personal Betrayal...

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  • Historiography from below: how undergraduates remember learning history at school

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    What do our students make of the history that we teach them? As part of an introductory module on historiography, Marcus Collins asked his undergraduate students to analyse the history that they had been taught at school and college using historiographic concepts. The results make for interesting reading. What do...

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  • Seeing the historical world

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    In this article, Lindsay Cassedy, Catherine Flaherty and Michael Fordham draw upon their empirical research to assess what understandings their students had of historical interpretations at the end of their compulsory education in history. They found that most students operated with an underlying epistemological model that did not reflect the...

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  • The International Journal Volume 9 Number 2

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    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 9, Number 2 - Autumn/Winter 2010 ISSN 1472-9466   1. Editorial Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol. 04 2. Articles Eleni Apostolidou 06 Oscillating Between the Recent Past and the Remote Past: The Perceptions of the Past and the Discipline of History...

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  • Polychronicon 140: Why did the Cold War End?

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    The end of the Cold War is a controversial subject. Contemporary analysts did not see it coming. Any explanation of its ending which seeks to build up a network of causation will therefore be forced to make arguments based on events whose significance was not  necessarily seen at the time....

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  • The International Journal Volume 9 Number 1

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    International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research Volume 9, Number 1 - July 2010 ISSN 1472-9466 1. Editorial - Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol 2. Articles Current reflections - 2010, on John Fines' Educational Objectives for the Study of History: A Suggested Framework and Peter Rogers' The New History,...

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  • Extra HA Resources for the International Journal 9.1

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    Here are some extra resources published by the HA that accompany the International Journal 9.1 you must be a member to access these resources. To join...

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  • Research Methods in Heritage, Museums & Galleries

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    Reading List for those interested in research methods in heritage, museums and galleries from Newcastle University... Essential Reading Dicks, Bella, From Mine to Museum: The Evolution of Heritage in the Rhondda in Heritage, place, and community by Dicks, Bella University of Wales Press, 2000  Dicks, Bella, Heritage and Local Memory in...

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  • Potential and pitfalls in teaching 'big pictures' of the past

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Jonathan Howson summarises findings from the recent ESRC funded research project - Usable Historical Pasts - and suggests how its insights might inform continuing professional debate and enquiry concerning both frameworks and ‘big pictures'. In...

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  • The New History: Theory into Practice

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    Pleas for the 'New History' have now become so commonplace that, if implementation had in anyway matched recommendation, the term 'New' would have ceased to be appropriate. Unfortunately, there appeares to be little agreement as to what the 'New; History is or should be. In what sense, if any, can pupils...

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  • The International Journal Volume 8 Number 2

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    The International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education. Articles in the edition: Erinc Erdal and Ruken Akar Vural Teaching History through Drama: the ‘Armenian Deportation' Terry Haydn and Richard Harris Children's ideas about what it means...

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  • Education Objectives for the Study of History: A suggested framework

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    Teachers of history in many parts of the country are now trying to formulate objectives for the study of their subject. This framework is put forward as a possible aid to them in a task which all admit to be a difficult one. Here, we try to spell out the...

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  • History in Schools - Present and Future

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    History in Schools - Present and future: Event report This one day conference was organised by the sponsors to raise awareness of the changes in the 14-19 curriculum and initiate discussion on how history, taught from Key Stage 3 to HE level, could be best served and enhanced by the...

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  • The International Journal Volume 8 Number 1

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    The International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research [IJHLTR] was founded to provide an international medium for reporting on History Education. Articles included in this edition:  Editorial: History Education, Identity and Citizenship in the 21st Century, Bahri Ata The Turkish prospective History teachers' understanding of analogy in History education, Isabel...

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  • Children's ideas about school history and why they matter

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Richard Harris and Terry Haydn recently carried out research funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority into pupils' views and beliefs about history. Whilst the overall results were very encouraging (and more so than earlier,...

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  • The Holy Grail? GCSE History that actually enhances historical understanding!

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    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Teaching History 109, Examining History Edition, launched a range of debates about the role and value of our public examinations in history, debates which have continued in these pages and in history teacher conferences (such...

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  • Pupil Perceptions and History

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    A PowerPoint presentation by Alison Kitson dealing with Pupil Perceptions and History.

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