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ERIC Number: EJ495586
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
Students' Understanding of Historical Significance.
Seixas, Peter
Theory and Research in Social Education, v22 n3 p281-304 Sum 1994
Maintains that, to write meaningful history, historians work implicitly with criteria of historical significance. Reports on a study of 14 10th-grade students' opinions about the significance of historical events. Concludes that attention to students' understanding of historical significance would enhance the teaching and learning. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Secondary Education, Social History, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Student Reaction, War, World History
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Canadian History; Historians