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ERIC Number: EJ569429
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
Making Sense of Historical Accounts.
Lee, Peter
Canadian Social Studies, v32 n2 p52-54 Win 1998
Argues that the idea of school history as learning the best version of the past, or even learning one or more versions, is inadequate practice. Contends that history education not only must teach about passages of the past, but also develop students' understanding of the nature and status of historical claims. (DSK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Hermeneutics, Historiography, History, History Instruction, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: Special theme issue titled "Forces for Change in the Teaching and Learning of History."