Transforming History: A Guide to Effective, Inclusive, and Evidence-Based Teaching - Hardcover

Festle, Mary Jo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299326802 ISBN 13: 9780299326807

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2020

Synopsis

Teaching history well is not just a matter of knowing history―it is a set of skills that can be developed and honed through practice. In this theoretically informed but eminently practical volume, Mary Jo Festle examines the recent explosion of research on the teaching and learning of history. Illuminated by her own work, Festle applies the concept of "backward design" as an organizing framework to the history classroom. She provides concrete strategies for setting up an environment that is inclusive and welcoming but still challenging and engaging.
Instructors will improve their own conceptual understandings of teaching and learning issues, as well as receive guidance on designing courses and implementing pedagogies consistent with what research tells us about how students learn. The book offers practical illustrations of assignments, goals, questions, grading rubrics, unit plans, and formats for peer observation that are adaptable for courses on any subject and of any size. Transforming History is a critical guide for higher and secondary education faculty―neophytes and longtime professionals alike―working to improve student learning.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Jo Festle is the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of History and the associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon University in North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299326802
• ISBN 13: 9780299326807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304