New, Novice or Nervous?

The quick guide to the ‘no-quick-fix’

'New, Novice or Nervous?' was a regular feature in Teaching History (TH) designed to help new teachers, or those new to history, to locate key articles written about essential aspects of teaching and learning. 

Every problem new teachers are wrestling with is a problem other teachers have wrestled with too. Quick fixes don’t exist. But in others’ writing, you’ll find something better: conversations in which history teachers have debated or tackled your problems – conversations which any history teacher can join. 

New, Novice or Nervous?
Title/topic

TH
Issue    

Year 

Building students' historical talk

174

2019

Including more BME History in the Curriculum   

173   

2018

Curriculum Planning

172

2018

Teaching Medieval History

171

2018

Building Students' Historical Argument

170

2018

Developing a sense of place

169

2017

Local History

168

2017

Confidence with Substantive Knowledge

167

2017

Controversial Issues

166

2017

Enabling progress: students who need more support

165

2016

Constructing Narrative

164

2016

Analysis of Historical Significance

163

2016

Thematic Study in New GCSE

162

2016

Teaching Substantive Concepts

161

2015

Progression in Evidential Understanding

160

2015

Essay Writing

159

2015

Teaching Overview

157

2014

Analysing Interpretations

156

2014

Similarity and Difference

155

2014

Using Historical Scholarship in the Classroom

154

2014

Good Enquiry Questions

153

2013

Describing Progression in history

152

2013

Getting Beyond Bad "Source Work"

151

2013

Getting pupils to see change over time

150

2013

Getting Pupils to Argue About Causes

149

2012



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