Images of time : the role of an historical consciousness of time in learning history

What makes history difficult to learn is the fact that one has to travel in time. Studying events and circumstances from a time perspective different from our own is something that doesn't come naturally to people. It is an ability that has to be acquired.This book discusses teaching and learni...

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Main Author Wilschut, Arie (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2012.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614783
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-908-8
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216). 
505 0 |a Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The development of history education -- Chapter 2. Historical time -- Chapter 3. Developing and learning a consciousness of time: Review of current research -- Chapter 4. Empirical research into students' orientation in historical time -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References. Appendices a. Powerpoint presentations used in the lessons according to the chronological and imaginative-associative approaches. B. Content protocols for the lessons based on the chronological and imaginative-associative approaches. c. Summaries of the subject material handed out to the students. D. Questions used for the pre-test and post-test. E. Rules for scoring the pre-test and post-test. F. average scores to all 25 items during the pre-test and post-test. G. results of the paired t-tests applied to the differences between item scores on the pre-test and post-test in group a and group b. H. significance of the difference between groups a and b as summarized in table 4.11 -- About the author. 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty 
520 |a What makes history difficult to learn is the fact that one has to travel in time. Studying events and circumstances from a time perspective different from our own is something that doesn't come naturally to people. It is an ability that has to be acquired.This book discusses teaching and learning history from the perspective of passage of time. Time experiences exist in different shapes and dimensions, one of which is historical time. The specific characteristics of the kind of time are defined in this study, based on philosophical and psychological insights, as well as on theory of history. The differences with other kinds of time, such as daily time and social time, are outlined. Six key concepts of historical time are then defined: chronology, periodization, relics, anachronism, contingency, and generations - meaning a specific way of dealing with the generations of our predecessors. The main issues for teaching historical thinking are described using these six categories. An inventory is made of what is known about them from existing research and what questions still need further investigation.An empirical study is reported about the means students preferably use to orient in historical time: timelines and numbered years attached to events, or imaginative-associative contexts? It is demonstrated that 'images of time' are the optimum means for historical orientation.An historical consciousness of time is essential to an open democratic society. The one-dimensional perspective of the present is broken up, it is shown that alternatives are possible, that the present is only the coincidental result of a contingent development and might have been totally different, and that the views held by people have changed, may change now and certainly will change in the future. All of this can enhance tolerance, open-mindedness and promote a healthy societal debate. This study provides insights into the kind of history teaching that might be helpful in developing this. 
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650 0 |a Time  |x Philosophy. 
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650 7 |a Educational psychology.  |2 thema 
650 7 |a General and world history.  |2 thema 
650 7 |a Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general.  |2 thema 
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