Knowing, Teaching, and

Learning History
National and International Perspectives

E D I T E D BY

Peter N. Stearns, Peter Seixas,

and Sam Wineburg

New York University Press

NEW YORK AND

LONDON

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART i
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Current Issues in History Education

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Schweigen! die Kinder! or, Does Postmodern History

Have a Place in the Schodls?
Peter Seixas

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Is It Possible to Teach Beliefs, as Well as Knowledge

about History?

James V. Wertsch

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Teaching and Learning History in Canada

Desmond Morton

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Dilemmas and Delights of Learning History

David Lowenthal

63

The Caliph's Coin: The Currency of Narrative

Frameworks in History Teaching
Denis Shemilt
The "Convergence" Paradigm in Studying Early
American History in the Schools
Gary B. Nash
Constructing World History in the Classroom
Ross E. Dunn
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Changes Needed to Advance Good

History Teaching

The Educational Backgrounds of History Teachers

Diane Ravitch

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A Catwalk across the Great Divide: Redesigning the

History Teaching Methods Course
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G. Williamson McDiarmid and Peter Vinten-Johansen
"What's This New Crap? What's Wrong with
the Old Crap?" Changing History Teaching
in Oakland, California

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Shelly Weintraub
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Research on Teaching and Learning

in History

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Progression in Historical Understanding among

Students Ages 7-14
Peter Lee and Rosalyn Ashby

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Lessons on Teaching and Learning in History from

Paul's Pen
Gaea Leinhardt

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Methods and Aims of Teaching History in Europe:

A Report on Youth and History
Bodo von Borries

246

How Americans Use and Think about the Past:

Implications from a National Survey for
the Teaching of History

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Roy Rosenzweig

- 15 Articulating the Silences: Teachers' and Adolescents'

Conceptions of Historical Significance

284

Linda S. Levstik

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Making Historical Sense

306

Sam Wineburg
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Models for Teaching

Into the Breach: Using Research and Theory to Shape

History Instruction
Robert B. Bain

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Making Connections: The Interdisciplinary

Community of Teaching and Learning History
- Christine Gutierrez
A Case Study of Developing Historical Understanding
via Instruction: The Importance of Integrating Text
Components and Constructing Arguments
James F. Voss and Jennifer Wiley

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Historical Understanding: Beyond the Past and into

the Present
Veronica Boix-Mansilla

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Getting Specific about Training in Historical Analysis:

A Case Study in World History
Peter N. Stearns
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The Sourcer's Apprentice: A Tool for

Document-Supported Instruction
M. Anne Britt, Charles A. Perfetti, Julie A. Van Dyke,
and Gareth Gabrys
Postlogue
Contributors

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