Teaching big history / / edited by Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, and Thomas Burke |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (443 p.) |
Disciplina | 001 |
Soggetto topico |
History - Study and teaching
Physical sciences - Study and teaching |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
anthropology archaeology astronomy big history biology chemistry cosmology earth sciences education evolutionary biology general education geology history interdisciplinary liberal education making connections new approach to teaching history new approach to teaching science pedagogy physics planning a curriculum sample exercises story of the universe teaching guide teaching materials teaching traditional human history undergraduate professors undergraduate students universe |
ISBN |
0-520-28355-4
0-520-95938-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. What Is Big History? -- Two. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education -- Three. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education -- Four. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring -- Five. Big History at Other Institutions -- Six. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context -- Seven. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang -- Eight. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies -- Nine. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars -- Ten. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth -- Eleven. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth -- Twelve. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo Sapiens -- Thirteen. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution -- Fourteen. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization -- Fifteen. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures -- Sixteen. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom -- Seventeen. Activities for Multiple Thresholds -- Eighteen. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History -- Nineteen. A Little Big History of Big History -- Twenty. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story -- Twenty-One. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion -- Twenty-Two. The Case for Awe -- Conclusion -- Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788093903321 |
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Teaching big history / / edited by Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, and Thomas Burke |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (443 p.) |
Disciplina | 001 |
Soggetto topico |
History - Study and teaching
Physical sciences - Study and teaching |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
anthropology archaeology astronomy big history biology chemistry cosmology earth sciences education evolutionary biology general education geology history interdisciplinary liberal education making connections new approach to teaching history new approach to teaching science pedagogy physics planning a curriculum sample exercises story of the universe teaching guide teaching materials teaching traditional human history undergraduate professors undergraduate students universe |
ISBN |
0-520-28355-4
0-520-95938-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. What Is Big History? -- Two. Big History and the Goals of Liberal Education -- Three. Summer Institutes: Collective Learning as Meta-Education -- Four. Assessing Big History Outcomes: Or, How to Make Assessment Inspiring -- Five. Big History at Other Institutions -- Six. Teaching Complexity in a Big History Context -- Seven. Teaching Threshold 1: The Big Bang -- Eight. Teaching Threshold 2: The Formation of Stars and Galaxies -- Nine. Teaching Threshold 3: Heavier Chemical Elements and the Life Cycle of Stars -- Ten. Teaching Threshold 4: The Formation of Our Solar System and Earth -- Eleven. Teaching Threshold 5: The Evolution of Life on Earth -- Twelve. Teaching Threshold 6: The Rise of Homo Sapiens -- Thirteen. Teaching Threshold 7: The Agrarian Revolution -- Fourteen. Teaching Threshold 8: Modernity and Industrialization -- Fifteen. Threshold 9? Teaching Possible Futures -- Sixteen. Reflective Writing in the Big History Classroom -- Seventeen. Activities for Multiple Thresholds -- Eighteen. Igniting Critical Curiosity: Fostering Information Literacy through Big History -- Nineteen. A Little Big History of Big History -- Twenty. Big History at Dominican: An Origin Story -- Twenty-One. Teaching Big History or Teaching about Big History? Big History and Religion -- Twenty-Two. The Case for Awe -- Conclusion -- Annotated Bibliography of Big History Texts and Resources -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826449203321 |
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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