1st Edition

Studies in the Nature and Teaching of History

Edited By W H Burston, D Thompson Copyright 1967
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

106 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1967, this book is aimed at the student teacher and discusses the philosophy of history and the effective learning of it. It discusses the UK secondary school history syllabus, with a particular emphasis on whether contemporary history is of more relevance to pupils than traditional history. There is a specific chapter on the problems of value-judgements in history and... Read more

1.History and Sociology: What History Is and What It Ought to Be S. W. F. Holloway 2. The Covering Law Theory of Historical Explanation L. R. Perry 3. Laws, Generalizations and the History Teacher W. H. Burston 4. Colligatory Concepts in History W. H. Walsh 5. Colligation and History Teaching D. Thompson 6. The Nature and Teachimng of Contemporary History W. H. Burston 7. Moral Judgments in History and History Teaching Ann Low-Beer 8. Some Problems in the Psychology of History Teaching: i) Historical Ideas and Concepts E. A. Peel 9. Some Problems in the Pscychology of History Teaching: ii) The Pupil’s Thinking and Inference E. A. Peel

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W H Burston, D Thompson