ERIC Number: EJ1235475
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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The British, the Tank, and That Czech: How Teachers Talk about People in History Lessons
Honig, Michal; Porat, Dan
Theory and Research in Social Education, v47 n4 p526-547 2019
In this article, we examined how high school teachers talked about people in history lessons and how they engaged in or shunned multiperspectivity aspects as they talked about people who lived in the past. Based on an analysis of 40 hours of observations of 5 different classes in 3 Jewish high schools in Israel according to the constructive-interpretive method, we found that in most of the lessons observed, few references were made to specific individuals. At the same time, many teachers talked about people in history by referring to generic people, to general categories of people, or by using personification. Using examples, we discuss the educational significance of the different ways history teachers talk about people in history through the prism of multiperspectivity as an aim in history education. We conclude that discussing the connections between the practice of talking about people in history lessons and multiperspectivity may contribute to teachers' awareness of another way they can promote multiperspectivity in class.
Descriptors: High School Teachers, History Instruction, Jews, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Perspective Taking, Ethnography, Personal Narratives, Teacher Student Relationship, Public Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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