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ERIC Number: EJ553151
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-0355
Explanation and Understanding in Learning History.
Voss, James F., Ed.
International Journal of Educational Research, v27 n3 p185-265 1997
The seven chapters of this theme issue are concerned with how individuals learn and reason in the subject matter domain of history. In this general context, there is a more specific focus on historical explanation and understanding. These chapters explore what should be taught in history and how it should be taught. (SLD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Historiography, History, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue.