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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814249203321

Autore

Smith Neil <1969->

Titolo

History teacher's handbook / / Neil Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-283-27201-6

9786613272010

1-4411-5509-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Continuum education handbooks

Disciplina

907.1/073

Soggetti

History teachers - Training of - Great Britain

History - Study and teaching - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Planning for effective history teaching; 2 Carrying out meaningful assessment; 3 Teaching source skills; 4 Inclusion; 5 Using ICT to enhance the quality of teaching and learning; 6 Teaching emotive and controversial issues in history; 7 Developing students' interest in history outside the classroom; References; Resources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive handbook combines up-to-date research - including Ofsted reports and pupil surveys - with road-tested classroom techniques to suggest how you can make your classroom a dynamic and productive learning environment. Advice is given on all aspects of history teaching, from how to plan for successful outcomes and maximise meaningful assessment, through to exciting ways to examine evidence and develop pupil interest outside of the classroom. The chapter on making effective use of ICT to teach history tackles one of the biggest challenges for teachers today: how to ensure new techn