1st Edition
Inside the History Classroom Portraits of Exemplary Teaching Practice
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Why go inside the history classroom?
2. Exemplary history teaching as social practice
3. Inside Jane’s classroom: changing lives over generations
4. Inside Penny’s classroom: moving from compliance to creativity and connection
5. Inside Dan’s classroom: using technology to turbo-charge engagement
6. Inside Max’s classroom: history teaching as ‘coaching’
7. “No one lesson is the same”: Students’ voices on the nature of good teaching
8. The practice architectures of exemplary history teaching
9. Conclusion: learning from portraits of practice
Index
Biography
Claire Golledge is a lecturer in Education and the co-ordinator of Human Society and its Environment curriculum (secondary) in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to academia, Claire taught History and Legal Studies in NSW secondary schools, and worked in school leadership roles, leading teacher professional learning.
‘This powerful and timely book offers a richly textured account of exemplary history teaching in diverse Australian classrooms. Drawing on sustained observation and framed by the theory of practice architectures, it illuminates the relational, contextual, and intellectual complexity of quality teaching. Claire Golledge’s work foregrounds student voice and challenges reductive notions of teacher quality, offering a compelling vision of practice grounded in authenticity and care. This book will resonate deeply with teachers and all those committed to understanding and supporting meaningful classroom practice.’
Jenny Gore, Laureate Professor, School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Australia.
‘Inside the History Classroom is an insightful study into the practice and pedagogy of history teaching, with compelling portraits of exemplary history teachers that make this a great resource for pre-service, classroom, and university educators alike.’
Anna Clark, Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
