In response to various societal changes, schools are increasingly developing an outward
orientation, seeking to connect to students' out-of-school participations. Simultaneously …

Ideas of historical significance are cultural constructs transmitted to members of a society in
a variety of ways. This chapter considers the implications of the disparity between who …

Now in its sixth edition, Doing History offers a unique perspective on teaching and learning
history in the elementary and middle grades. Through case studies of teachers and students …

How do students' racial identities work with and against teachers' pedagogies to shape their
understandings of history and contemporary society? Based on a long-term ethnographic …

Bruce VanSledright shows how young students can benefit from an investigative, inquiry-
based approach to the study of history, as called for by the national standards. Addressing …

This article reports on a review of research into students' reasoning about social change and
causes they attribute to selected historical events. In this review, I distinguish studies into …

This study reports results of an empirical investigation of secondary students' conceptions of
history and identity in Northern Ireland. Interviews with 253 students from a variety of …

In this book, extended case studies of two veteran teachers and their students are combined
with the extant research literature to explore current issues of teaching, learning, and testing …

Memory construction and national identity are key issues in our societies, as well as it is
patriotism. How can we nowadays believe and give sense to traditional narrations that …

Scholars interested in reforming the K-12 history curriculum have presented competing
perspectives on incorporating the historical experiences of racial groups into traditional …