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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Watts, John; Gimson, David – Teaching History, 2014
Although history teachers frequently work with academic historical writing, direct face-to-face encounters with academic historians are rare in secondary history classrooms. This article reports a collaboration between an academic historian and a history teacher that aimed to engage 13-14 year-old pupils with developments in contemporary…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Medieval History, Teaching Methods, Academic Discourse
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Murray, Helen; Burney, Rachel; Stacey-Chapman, Andrew – Teaching History, 2013
Helen Murray, Rachel Burney and Andrew Stacey-Chapman show how they strengthened three goals of their practice--secure knowledge, narrative shapes and conceptual analysis--by securing strong connection between them. The curricular focus that drew all this together was "historical continuity", a property crucial to narrative, but often…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Thinking Skills, Teamwork, History Instruction
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Baker, Beth; Mastin, Steven – Teaching History, 2012
Beth Baker and Steven Mastin make the case for teaching ancient history in the post-14 curriculum. Pointing out the damaging messages that could be conveyed by assuming that ancient history is not worthy of higher-level and demanding study, they also show the opportunities that are missed if pupils do not return to it when they are able to apply…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Primary Sources
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Collins, Marcus – Teaching History, 2011
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 students make of national…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Historiography, History Instruction, History