Students As Historians: The Historical Narrative Inquiry Model's Impact on Historical Thinking and Historical Empathy
Description:
The dissertation explores middle-school students' abilities to engage in historical thinking. I dispute the Hallam-Piaget model, which discourages analytical thinking through the assumption that children lack skills to think critically about history. My historical narrative inquiry model (1) teaches procedural knowledge (the process of "doing" history); (2) enhances interpretative skills; (3) cultivates historical perspectives based upon evidentiary history; and (4) encourages student authorshi…
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Date:
December 2007
Creator:
Colby, Sherri Rae