Related Books

Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone)
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Sam Wineburg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-17 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A look at how to teach history in the age of easily accessible—but not always reliable—information. Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Samuel S. Wineburg
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Critical Perspectives on the P

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children's drawings, Wineburg's essays offer rough maps of how o
Reading Like a Historian
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Sam Wineburg
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-26 - Publisher: Teachers College Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This practical resource shows you how to apply Sam Wineburgs highly acclaimed approach to teaching, "Reading Like a Historian," in your middle and high school c
Positive Learning in the Age of Information
Language: en
Pages: 421
Authors: Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-15 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While information and communication technology has a vast influence on our lives, little is understood about its effects on the way we learn. In the Age of Info
The Case for Contention
Language: en
Pages: 129
Authors: Jonathan Zimmerman
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-24 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Z