Essays about: "History didactics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words History didactics.
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1. Rethinking Source Criticism -Towards the development of an analytical model for evaluation of sources in times of massinformation and fake news
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis discusses source criticism from a critical perspective which encompasses its challenges, demands and possibilities for teaching practice. The questions guiding the core of this research are the following:1) What differentiates people’s activities in the process of evaluating sources? 2) What characterizes an effective practice in critical evaluation of sources? 3) Which criteria, factors and strategies might be important to consider in order to have a successful source critical methodology that promotes the improvement of critical thinking when analysing information and news?The studied materials include data from one survey and 54 semi-structured interviews. READ MORE
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2. Remembering the Holocaust : Teaching historical trauma in the English classroom through historical fiction and Maus
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : This essay explores historical trauma through the lens of post-memory and trauma theory, and aims to analyse the representation of historical trauma in Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus. By using these theories, the essay explores how trauma can be passed on through generations, and how it ultimately affects not only the people who were there to experience it, but also those generations that came after. READ MORE
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3. "Dis joint is based upon some fo' real, fo' real sh*t" : Challenging perspectives on race and ethnicity by incorporating Spike Lee's movie BlacKkKlansman and postcolonial studies in the EFL classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay argues for the benefits of incorporating Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman and discussions of postcolonialism in the Swedish upper secondary EFL classroom in order to challenge students' perspectives on race and ethnicity. The film BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee is a work that challenges not only American history but also the perspectives of black and white people in contemporary society. READ MORE
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4. Simulated History as Life's Teacher : Investigating the potential for historical simulation games to nurture historical consciousness
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : This paper explores the potential of historical simulation games to nurture historical consciousness. Merging the subject of history and game studies, the material analyzed is the digital game Crusader Kings 2 as well as player created narratives spawned from it. READ MORE
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5. History matters : A field study about Indian teachers and their outlook on the importance of history
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : In the light of a Nordic history didactical field this study examines how the Indian teaching practice handles the history didactical field. Why is history important to learn according to Indian history teachers? Which teaching methods and didactical tools do they use to teach history? How do Indian teachers process the use of history in their teaching? The historians Klas-Göran Karlsson and Ulf Zander argues that the mediation of history should take form in such a way where the teachers are aware of the following aspects of history; the use of history, history writing and the link between past, present and future. READ MORE
