Historical Thinking for History Teachers: A New Approach to Engaging Students and Developing Historical Consciousness (Paperback)

Acronyms and abbreviationsPreface: Understanding history and the history classroomIntroduction1Historical consciousness and the Australian Curriculum2Understanding the Australian Curriculum: History3A primary history perspective on the Australian Curriculum4Scholarly historical practice and disciplinary method5The role of questions and sources in promoting historical thinking6Developing your approach to teaching history 7Teaching empathy and the critical examination of historical evidence8The nature of values and why they matter in the teaching and learning of history 9The value of direct teaching and historical knowledge 10Inquiry approaches to assessment in the history classroom11Social history in the classroom12Teacher talk within the history classroom 13Personalised narratives of war and teaching engaging history 14Using fiction to develop higher-order historical understanding 15Drama pedagogy in the teaching of history16Integrating filmic pedagogies into the teaching and learning cycle 17Using websites to develop historical thinking18Digital technology in the primary classroom19History teaching and the museum 20Classroom perspectives on Australia's contact history 21Approaches to teaching Aboriginal history and politics 22Teaching citizenship in the history classroom 23Navigating professional identity as a teacher of history