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New blog entry: A Signature Pedagogy for History Instruction?
New blog entry: A Signature Pedagogy for History Instruction? See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Paul McGuire.
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New blog entry: “Where are all the (non-white, non-elite) women?” Examining issues of diversity and intersectionality in the creation of women’s history lesson plans for Ontario educators
New blog entry: “Where are all the (non-white, non-elite) women?” Examining issues of diversity and intersectionality in the creation of women’s history lesson plans for Ontario educators See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Tifanie Valade.
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Thinking Historically in the media!
Thinking Historically in the media! Project Director, Dr. Carla Peck, recently completed a series of nation-wide interviews focused on some of the results of Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future National Youth Survey: “Is history teaching stuck in the past?” (available in English only). Entries marked with an * indicate that the interview is published as a podcast.…
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New blog entry: Thinking Historically About a Generation of Canadian Offshore Schools
New blog entry: Thinking Historically About a Generation of Canadian Offshore Schools See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Ian Alexander, PhD student at the University of British Columbia.
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Is history teaching stuck in the past?
Is history teaching stuck in the past? New survey shows Canadian students believe history class is important but suggests teaching the past could use an update. Read all about it here.
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New blog entry: What is Good Citizenship? Perspectives from Former Air Cadets of Diverse Identities
New blog entry: What is Good Citizenship? Perspectives from Former Air Cadets of Diverse Identities Congratulations to Queen’s University PhD candidate Rebecca Evans, on the publication of their contribution to the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series, published in collaboration with our partner, Active History!
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Context matters in history textbook production: A call to address the socio-political landscape of textbook production
Context matters in history textbook production: A call to address the socio-political landscape of textbook production Abstract History textbooks are a tool of nation-building and often the only account of particular events, people and issues to which students will be exposed. This is one reason why it is important to examine, not only their content,…
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Embracing historical empathy
Embracing historical empathy Abstract At the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels, history education has the potential to address this empathy deficit. I propose that we, as history educators in Canada, turn our attention towards learning opportunities that create the conditions for historical empathy—the process of understanding the thoughts, feelings, decisions, and actions of people within…
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A “wicked problem”: Rethinking history education in the Anthropocene.
A “wicked problem”: Rethinking history education in the Anthropocene. Abstract To demonstrate how the history classroom could become an important site for addressing climate change, this article describes the piloting of three lessons. Our qualitative case study occurred in an elective environmental education course with teacher candidates who participated in the lessons and were invited…
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A “wicked problem”: Rethinking history education in the Anthropocene.
A “wicked problem”: Rethinking history education in the Anthropocene. Abstract To demonstrate how the history classroom could become an important site for addressing climate change, this article describes the piloting of three lessons. Our qualitative case study occurred in an elective environmental education course with teacher candidates who participated in the lessons and were invited…