T HINK AG AIN! BARRY FIRT H THE PIEDPIPER DIE VLIEG IN DIE SALF - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
T HINK AG AIN! BARRY FIRT H THE PIEDPIPER DIE VLIEG IN DIE SALF - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DEVELOPING HISTORICAL THINKING? T HINK AG AIN! BARRY FIRT H THE PIEDPIPER DIE VLIEG IN DIE SALF An a mb itio us Curric ulum F e w Go o d te xtb o o ks ( L T SM) ( sa me we a kne sse s) Dub io us Pra c tic e T e a c he rs
THE PIEDPIPER
DIE VLIEG IN DIE SALF
- An a mb itio us Curric ulum
- F
e w Go o d te xtb o o ks ( L T SM) ( sa me we a kne sse s)
- Dub io us Pra c tic e
- T
e a c he rs with ne g lig ib le se c o nd re g iste r
- No n-a lig ne d a sse ssme nts
FROM CONTENT TO ASSESSMENT
WHAT DO WE TEACH?
HOW DO WE ASSESS?
WHAT THIS ACHIEVES IS
- 1. L
e a rne r e ng a g e me nt
- 2. De a ling with Ca use a nd
Co nse q ue nc e , E mpa thy,
- 3. De a ls with the to pic a s a n
e xte nsio n o f pre vio us wo rk a nd a s a b ridg e to future kno wle dg e :
EXCEPT…IT PROBABLY GOES MORE LIKE THIS:
- Study the so ur
c e
b e lo w and answe r the q ue stio ns b ase d
- n it:
1.1 Why, ac c o rding to the wo man, do the Ge rmans have no mo re pride ? [L 1] 1.3 Who do yo u think is the man C b laming fo r the hardship in the We imar Re pub lic ? [L 1]
WHAT IS LOST WHEN THIS HAPPENS?
- F
- c use s o n me mo ry
- F
- re g ro unds Ge ne ric skills o f
info rma tio n re trie va l
- Do e s no t e nc o ura g e te a c hing fo r
histo ric a l thinking .
- Me c ha nistic wa y o f a nswe ring
“q ue stio n type s”
TEACHING TO THE TEST
LEVELS VS HIST THINKING THE FAILURE OF BINARY THINKING
- L
e ve ls do no t e nsure histo ric a l thinking .
- L
e ve ls: L e ng th
- Asse ssme nt fo re g ro unding
histo ric a l thinking e nsure s histo ric a l thinking
A BRAVE NEW WORLD
- 1.4 Re c onstr
uc tions: You will be give n thr e e sc e nar
- ios. Re c o nstruc t the e ve nts tha t c o uld re la te
to the a rte fa c ts de sc rib e d. Re me mbe r
to use the “language of doubt”. Yo ur a nswe rs sho uld b e no
lo ng e r tha n 50 wo rds e a c h.
- 1.4.3 An a rc ha e o lo g ist disc o ve rs a b a dly da ma g e d
pho to g ra ph o f a wo ma n a nd a b a b y in a re c e ntly disc o ve re d British tre nc h fro m Wo rld Wa r 1. At the b a c k o f the pho to is sc rib b le d “F
- re ve r”. Wha t
c o uld this sug g e st to a histo ria n?
SIR, WHAT IS IN THE EXAM?
- “E
xa ms c o nfe r sta tus o n tho se a c tivitie s ( c o nte nt) the y a sse ss”
- Jo hn Slate r 1988