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History in Outdoor & Environmental Education 2014 OEEC Conference

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History in Outdoor & Environmental Education

2014 OEEC Conference

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AgendaAgenda

2. Vivisection of the Australian Curriculum: History

3. Introducing Historical Thinking

7. Selected Reading

4. “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Inquiry as the Bedrock of History Teaching

6. History-EE Links in the Australian Curriculum

1. A Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

5. Historical Thinking - Significance

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Introducing MyselfIntroducing Myself

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You have a decision to make!You have a decision to make!

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100 billion neurons and a quadrillion synapses! Can we save Brigitte?

100 billion neurons and a quadrillion synapses! Can we save Brigitte?

'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’

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“What is history good for? Why even study it in schools?”

“What is history good for? Why even study it in schools?”

“My claim in a nutshell is that history holds the potential…of humanizing us in many ways offered by few other areas in the school curriculum” (Wineburg, 2000)

“In times of crisis and uncertainty, historians are expected to provide instructive historical parallels and defensible responses” (Levesque, 2009 )

“To shed light on what it means to be a human being” (Eisner, 1984)

History takes us beyond the narrow confines of our present circumstances and confronts us with the cares, concerns, ways of thinking of people different than ourselves (Barton & Levstik, 2003)

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Introducing MyselfIntroducing Myself

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A Violent History of the Australian Curriculum:

History

A Violent History of the Australian Curriculum:

History

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The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

CriticismsCriticisms

1. Standards1. Standards2. Purpose2. Purpose

3. Method (Interest) 3. Method (Interest)

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The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

History has been part of the mass History has been part of the mass schooling project since its inception.schooling project since its inception.

Calls to improve history teaching Calls to improve history teaching have been made since the have been made since the

introduction of mass schooling! introduction of mass schooling!

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Criticism 1: Standards!Criticism 1: Standards!

Who was Australia’s first PM?Who was Australia’s first PM?

Criticism – Standards Criticism – Standards

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Criticism 1: Standards!Criticism 1: Standards!

Only 18% of those interviewed knew Edmund Barton was Australia’s first Prime Minister

Most thought first Canadian astronaut was Neil Armstrong (Morton, 2000)

Some school children astonishingly thought Adolf Hitler was Britain’s Prime Minister in World War II

74% of respondents knew who the US won independence from.

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Criticism 1: Standards!Criticism 1: Standards!

US HistoryUS History

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Criticism 1: Standards!Criticism 1: Standards!

‘The whole world has turned upside down in the past 80 years but one thing has seemingly remained the same: Kids don’t know history.’ (Wineburg, 2001)

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Criticism 1: Standards!Criticism 1: Standards!

I once asked a boy at Eton, who had given me a date, whether it was B.C. or A.D. Being hopelessly puzzled,

he replied that it was B.D. (Browning, 1889)

I once asked a boy at Eton, who had given me a date, whether it was B.C. or A.D. Being hopelessly puzzled,

he replied that it was B.D. (Browning, 1889)

In the course of conversation with many such lads…I have been repeatedly struck with the very small and disjointed knowledge of history possessed by them (Williamson, 1891)

In the course of conversation with many such lads…I have been repeatedly struck with the very small and disjointed knowledge of history possessed by them (Williamson, 1891)

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Criticism 2: PurposeCriticism 2: Purpose

“One of the more insidious developments in Australian political life over the past decade or so has been the attempt to rewrite Australian history in the service of a partisan political cause” (Howard, 1996)

“I do not take the black armband view of Australian history…I believe that the balance sheet of Australian history is overwhelmingly a positive one” (Howard, 1996)

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Criticism 2: PurposeCriticism 2: Purpose

History is not peace studies. History is not social justice awareness week. Or conscious-raising about ecological sustainability. History is history, and shouldn’t be a political science course by another name. “

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Criticism 3: PurposeCriticism 3: Purpose

Celebrating “environmental zealotry and communist heroes while dismissing white settlement as an invasion” (Thomas, 2000)

“The most radical attempt in Australia to indoctrinate children in key left-wing values” (Bolt, 2000)

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Criticism 2: PurposeCriticism 2: Purpose

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

“No subject so widely taught is, on the whole, taught so poorly” (Hall, 1883)

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

Australian high school students surveyed for the book History's Children: History Wars in the Classroom:

"Australian history just makes us want to cry. It's so boring and I can't stand it.“ (Natalie)

“Like, I'm fascinated with European history but with Australia, it's like, bleurgh.” (Amber)

"If they pretended there was a civil war, it would be much more interesting. But there wasn't, so it's boring.” (Jake)

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

''some drunk bogans with beards (the Kelly gang) wandering around boring dusty towns drinking whiskey. Who cares?''

''Who gives a rat's that Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson crossed the Blue Mountains?''

“Excuse me for not being a jingoistic bogan wrapped in a flag and off to Gallipoli every April, but not only is Australian history boring, so much of our history is embarrassing and cringeworthy.”

“A form of child abuse”

In Topsfield, 2012

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The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

The Violent History of the Australian Curriculum: History

Review of CriticismsReview of Criticisms

1. Standards1. Standards2. Purpose2. Purpose3. Method 3. Method

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Criticism 3: InterestCriticism 3: Interest

How best to teach history?

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PurposePurpose

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A Violent History – Resolved?A Violent History – Resolved?Politics

Bias

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Knowledge DeficitPedagogy

Boring!

Scaremongering

NationalismJin

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MethodsActiv

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Mem

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Western heritageBlack Armband

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A Violent History – Resolved?A Violent History – Resolved?

"I think the unions are mentioned far more than business," Mr Abbott said.

"I think there are a couple of Labor prime ministers who get a mention, from memory not a single Coalition prime minister. So I think it is possible to do better."

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Vivisection of the Australian Curriculum: History

Vivisection of the Australian Curriculum: History

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Vivisection of the Australian Curriculum: History

Vivisection of the Australian Curriculum: History

- Rationale - Aims- Strands- Overviews vs. Depth Studies- Curriculum Focus/Year- Inquiry Questions- General capabilities- Cross-curriculum priorities- Assessment- Achievement Standards - Glossary

- Rationale - Aims- Strands- Overviews vs. Depth Studies- Curriculum Focus/Year- Inquiry Questions- General capabilities- Cross-curriculum priorities- Assessment- Achievement Standards - Glossary

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RationaleRationale

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AimsAims

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• Foundation: Personal and Family Histories• Year 1: Present and Past Family Life• Year 2: The Past in the Present• Year 3: Community and Remembrance• Year 4: First Contacts• Year 5: The Australian Colonies• Year 6: Australia as a nation• Year 7: Year 7: The Ancient WorldThe Ancient World• Year 8: Year 8: The Ancient to the Modern WorldThe Ancient to the Modern World• Year 9:Year 9: The Making of the Modern WorldThe Making of the Modern World• Year 10:Year 10: The Modern World and AustraliaThe Modern World and Australia

• Foundation: Personal and Family Histories• Year 1: Present and Past Family Life• Year 2: The Past in the Present• Year 3: Community and Remembrance• Year 4: First Contacts• Year 5: The Australian Colonies• Year 6: Australia as a nation• Year 7: Year 7: The Ancient WorldThe Ancient World• Year 8: Year 8: The Ancient to the Modern WorldThe Ancient to the Modern World• Year 9:Year 9: The Making of the Modern WorldThe Making of the Modern World• Year 10:Year 10: The Modern World and AustraliaThe Modern World and Australia

Curriculum MapCurriculum Map

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Strand 1: Historical Knowledge & UnderstandingStrand 1: Historical Knowledge & UnderstandingSp

atial

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ons

Spati

al D

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sion

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Strand 1: Historical Knowledge & UnderstandingStrand 1: Historical Knowledge & Understanding

Temporal DimensionsTemporal Dimensions

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Strand 1: Historical Knowledge & Understanding

Strand 1: Historical Knowledge & Understanding

Cause & EffectCause & Effect

PerspectivesPerspectives

Continuity & ChangeContinuity & Change

Significance (NEW)Significance (NEW)

Empathy (NEW)Empathy (NEW)

Sources/Evidence (Year 3)Sources/Evidence (Year 3)

Contestability (Year 7)Contestability (Year 7)

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Strand 2: Historical SkillsStrand 2: Historical Skills

ChronologyChronology

Terms & ConceptsTerms & Concepts

Historical Questions & ResearchHistorical Questions & Research

Analysis & Use of SourcesAnalysis & Use of Sources

Explanation & CommunicationExplanation & Communication

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Prep Prep

20 hours20 hours

- What is my history and how do I know?- What stories do other people tell about the past?- How can stories of the past be told and shared?

- What is my history and how do I know?- What stories do other people tell about the past?- How can stories of the past be told and shared?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

Personal and Family HistoriesPersonal and Family Histories

Limited links to OEELimited links to OEE

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Year 1 Year 1

20 hours20 hours

• How has family life changed or remained the same over time?

• How can we show that the present is different from or similar to the past?

• How do we describe the sequence of time?

• How has family life changed or remained the same over time?

• How can we show that the present is different from or similar to the past?

• How do we describe the sequence of time?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

Present and Past Family LifePresent and Past Family Life

Tenuous links to OEETenuous links to OEE

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Year 2 Year 2

20 hours20 hours

• What aspects of the past can you see today? What do they tell us?

• What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why?

• How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?

• What aspects of the past can you see today? What do they tell us?

• What remains of the past are important to the local community? Why?

• How have changes in technology shaped our daily life?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Past in the PresentThe Past in the Present

Clear links to OEEClear links to OEE

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Year 3 Year 3

40 hours40 hours

• Who lived here first and how do we know?• How has our community changed? What features

have been lost and what features have been retained?

• What is the nature of the contribution made by different groups and individuals in the community?

• How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past?

• Who lived here first and how do we know?• How has our community changed? What features

have been lost and what features have been retained?

• What is the nature of the contribution made by different groups and individuals in the community?

• How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

Community and RemembranceCommunity and Remembrance

Clear links to OEEClear links to OEE

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Year 4 Year 4

40 hours40 hours

• Why did the great journeys of exploration occur?• What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait

Islander Peoples before the arrival of the Europeans?• Why did the Europeans settle in Australia?• What was the nature and consequence of contact

between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers?

• Why did the great journeys of exploration occur?• What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait

Islander Peoples before the arrival of the Europeans?• Why did the Europeans settle in Australia?• What was the nature and consequence of contact

between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

First ContactsFirst Contacts

Clear links to OEEClear links to OEE

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Year 5 Year 5

40 hours40 hours

• What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and how do we know?

• How did an Australian colony develop over time and why?

• How did colonial settlement change the environment?• What were the significant events and who were the

significant people that shaped Australian colonies?

• What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s colonial past and how do we know?

• How did an Australian colony develop over time and why?

• How did colonial settlement change the environment?• What were the significant events and who were the

significant people that shaped Australian colonies?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Australian ColoniesThe Australian Colonies

Strong links to OEEStrong links to OEE

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Year 6 Year 6

40 hours40 hours

• Why and how did Australia become a nation?• How did Australian society change throughout the

twentieth century?• Who were the people who came to Australia? Why

did they come?• What contribution have significant individuals and

groups made to the development of Australian society?

• Why and how did Australia become a nation?• How did Australian society change throughout the

twentieth century?• Who were the people who came to Australia? Why

did they come?• What contribution have significant individuals and

groups made to the development of Australian society?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

Australia as a NationAustralia as a Nation

Limited links to OEELimited links to OEE

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Year 7 Year 7

50 hours50 hours

- How do we know about the ancient past?- Why and where did the earliest societies develop?- What emerged as the defining characteristics of ancient societies?- What have been the legacies of ancient societies?

- How do we know about the ancient past?- Why and where did the earliest societies develop?- What emerged as the defining characteristics of ancient societies?- What have been the legacies of ancient societies?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Ancient WorldThe Ancient World

Overview (5 hours)

Overview (5 hours)

Depth Study 1

(15 hours)

Depth Study 1

(15 hours)

Investigating the Ancient Past Investigating the Ancient Past

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 3 (15 hours)Depth Study 3 (15 hours)

China(OR)

China(OR)

Egypt(OR)

Egypt(OR)

Greece(OR)

Greece(OR)

Rome(OR)

Rome(OR)

India(OR)India(OR)

Tenuous Tenuous

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Year 8 Year 8

50 hours50 hours

- How did societies change from the end of the ancient period to the beginning of the modern age?- What key beliefs and values emerged and how did they influence societies?- What were the causes and effects of contact between societies in this period?- Which significant people, groups and ideas from this period have influenced the world today?

- How did societies change from the end of the ancient period to the beginning of the modern age?- What key beliefs and values emerged and how did they influence societies?- What were the causes and effects of contact between societies in this period?- Which significant people, groups and ideas from this period have influenced the world today?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Ancient to the Modern WorldThe Ancient to the Modern World

Overview (5 hours)

Overview (5 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Ottoman Empire (OR)

Ottoman Empire (OR)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 3 (15 hours)Depth Study 3 (15 hours)

Renaissance Italy (OR)

Renaissance Italy (OR)

Mongol Expansion

(OR)

Mongol Expansion

(OR)

The Vikings (OR)

The Vikings (OR)

Medieval Europe (OR)

Medieval Europe (OR)

Angkor/Khmer Empire (OR)

Angkor/Khmer Empire (OR)

Shogunate Japan (OR)

Shogunate Japan (OR)

Polynesian Expansion (OR)

Polynesian Expansion (OR)

Black Death(OR)

Black Death(OR)

Spanish Conquest of America (OR)

Spanish Conquest of America (OR)

Varied Varied

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Year 9 Year 9

50 hours50 hours

- What were the changing features of the movements of people from 1750 to 1918?- How did new ideas and technological developments contribute to change in this period?- What was the origin, development, significance and long-term impact of imperialism in this period?- What was the significance of World War I?

- What were the changing features of the movements of people from 1750 to 1918?- How did new ideas and technological developments contribute to change in this period?- What was the origin, development, significance and long-term impact of imperialism in this period?- What was the significance of World War I?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Makings of the Modern WorldThe Makings of the Modern World

Overview (5 hours)

Overview (5 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 3 (15 hours)Depth Study 3 (15 hours)

World War IWorld War I

Asia and the World (OR)

Asia and the World (OR)

Making a Nation (OR)

Making a Nation (OR)

Industrial Revolution (OR)

Industrial Revolution (OR)

Progressive Ideas/ Movements (OR)

Progressive Ideas/ Movements (OR)

Movement of Peoples (OR)Movement of Peoples (OR)

Varied Varied

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Year 10 Year 10

48 hours48 hours

- How did the nature of global conflict change during the 20th Century?- What were the consequences of WWII? How did these consequences

shape the modern world?- How was an Australian society affected by other significant global

events and changes in this period?

- How did the nature of global conflict change during the 20th Century?- What were the consequences of WWII? How did these consequences

shape the modern world?- How was an Australian society affected by other significant global

events and changes in this period?

Inquiry Questions

Inquiry Questions

The Modern World and AustraliaThe Modern World and Australia

Overview (3 hours)

Overview (3 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Depth Study 1(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 2(15 hours)

Depth Study 3 (15 hours)Depth Study 3 (15 hours)

Popular Culture(OR)

Popular Culture(OR)

Rights & Freedoms Rights &

Freedoms

Migration Experiences (OR)

Migration Experiences (OR)

World War IIWorld War II

Environmental Movement(OR)Environmental Movement(OR)

Varied Varied

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Content Descriptors and ElaborationsContent Descriptors and Elaborations

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Achievement Standards (Satisfactory)Achievement Standards (Satisfactory)

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History vs. SOSEHistory vs. SOSE

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Historical ThinkingHistorical Thinking

Whoever discovered the ocean you can be sure it wasn’t the fish!

Historical thinking is an unnatural act (Wineburg, 1991)

Historical thinking is an unnatural act (Wineburg, 1991)

History begins with—and often ends with—questions, problems, puzzles, curiosities, and

mysteries (Bain, 2005)

History begins with—and often ends with—questions, problems, puzzles, curiosities, and

mysteries (Bain, 2005)

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Historical ThinkingHistorical Thinking

Historical thinking requires us to “disturb the naturalisation of fixed conventions” (McLaren)Historical thinking requires us to “disturb the

naturalisation of fixed conventions” (McLaren)

It necessitates a ‘pedagogy of discomfort’ (Boler)It necessitates a ‘pedagogy of discomfort’ (Boler)

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Historical ThinkingHistorical Thinking

Rejects the ‘age of sentiment’ (Phillips)Rejects the ‘age of sentiment’ (Phillips)

Acknowledges ‘difficult knowledge’ (Britzman, 1998)

Acknowledges ‘difficult knowledge’ (Britzman, 1998)

History as account vs. history as event (the past)History as account vs. history as event (the past)

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Historical ThinkingHistorical Thinking

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Historical SkillsHistorical Skills

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Inquiry as the Bedrock of History Teaching

Inquiry as the Bedrock of History Teaching

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What is the pedagogy behind Inquiry?What is the pedagogy behind Inquiry?

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What does Inquiry look like?What does Inquiry look like?

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1. INQUIRY – DOUBLE LOOP LEARNING1. INQUIRY – DOUBLE LOOP LEARNING

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Students arrive at the inquiry with prior knowledge. Students arrive at the inquiry with prior knowledge.

1. INQUIRY – PRIOR KNOWLEDGE1. INQUIRY – PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

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2. INQUIRY – BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE2. INQUIRY – BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

After a teacher overview and a ‘first cut’ of the sources, your students are ready to begin an inquiry.

After a teacher overview and a ‘first cut’ of the sources, your students are ready to begin an inquiry.

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3. INQUIRY – WORKING HYPOTHESIS3. INQUIRY – WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Now your students create a working hypothesis which they will attempt to prove.

Now your students create a working hypothesis which they will attempt to prove.

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4. INQUIRY – FOCUS QUESTIONS4. INQUIRY – FOCUS QUESTIONS

Next, your students create and answer focus questions to guide their inquiry (parameters). Next, your students create and answer focus

questions to guide their inquiry (parameters).

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5. INQUIRY – RESEARCH5. INQUIRY – RESEARCH

They attempt to answer their focus questions on a ‘second cut’ of the sources.

They attempt to answer their focus questions on a ‘second cut’ of the sources.

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INQUIRY – THESISINQUIRY – THESIS

Now your students should be at the stage where they can turn their hypothesis into a thesis.

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INQUIRY – COMMUNICATING THE ARGUMENTINQUIRY – COMMUNICATING THE ARGUMENT

By communicating their thesis and supporting arguments, students will expand (in a small way)

collective knowledge (knowledge horizon).

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INQUIRY – IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS!INQUIRY – IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS!

Each small blip of new research expands the terminator between ignorance and enlightenment!

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Inquiry PragmaticsInquiry Pragmatics

Teacher

Class

Group

PairIndividual

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A Special Note on Prior Knowledge A Special Note on Prior Knowledge

Rooting out historical misconceptionsRooting out historical misconceptions

“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)

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A Special Note on Prior Knowledge A Special Note on Prior Knowledge

Rooting out environmental misconceptionsRooting out environmental misconceptions

“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)

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A Special Note on Prior Knowledge A Special Note on Prior Knowledge

Rooting out environmental misconceptionsRooting out environmental misconceptions

“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)“It's not what we don't know that's the issue, it's what we know for sure” (Yogi Berra)

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Prior Knowledge Prior Knowledge How do you know what you know?How do you know what you know?

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Question Dump!Question Dump!

The ability to set questions is the key element of being an historian (Burnham, 2007)The ability to set questions is the key element of being an historian (Burnham, 2007)

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Good and Bad Questions in HistoryGood and Bad Questions in History

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Aborigines Using Fire to Hunt for KangaroosAborigines Using Fire to Hunt for Kangaroos

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Inquiry Strategy 2 – Big Questions Vs. Little QuestionsInquiry Strategy 2 – Big Questions Vs. Little Questions

Big Questions Little QuestionsQuestions worth discussing What?

No simple or single answers When?

Sufficient sources to answer Where?

Why? Closed

How? Trivial

Challenges prior knowledge

Significant*

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Aborigines Using Fire to Hunt for KangaroosAborigines Using Fire to Hunt for Kangaroos

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Sort your questionsSort your questions

Question dump allows students to identify non-productive questionsQuestion dump allows students to identify non-productive questions

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Focus Questions ParametersFocus Questions Parameters

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The 5Cs (unpacked)The 5Cs (unpacked)

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Introducing MyselfIntroducing Myself

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Introducing Clayton BarryIntroducing Clayton Barry

WorkshopWorkshop

Blind DateBlind Date

Australian of the YearAustralian of the Year

Membership of a 1% Biker GangMembership of a 1% Biker Gang

Wayne BennettWayne Bennett

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Historical Significance in the History Classroom

Historical Significance in the History Classroom

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Has there been a time in history when nothing

happened?

Has there been a time in history when nothing

happened?

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What is History?What is History?

“History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another” (Burckhardt, in

Carr, 1962)

“History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another” (Burckhardt, in

Carr, 1962)

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The Broad Brush of HistoryThe Broad Brush of History

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The Broad Brush of HistoryThe Broad Brush of History

The past is not organised at all; it has no beginning, middle or end, nor does it have

any meaning (Seixas)

The past is not organised at all; it has no beginning, middle or end, nor does it have

any meaning (Seixas)

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The Broad Brush of HistoryThe Broad Brush of History

The teaching of history involves choice and selection: one cannot avoid choices, on cannot simply include more (Seixas)

The teaching of history involves choice and selection: one cannot avoid choices, on cannot simply include more (Seixas)

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Ahistorical Criteria for SignificanceAhistorical Criteria for Significance

- Linguistic – narrative structure- Cognitive – student ability to understand- Aesthetic – interest, beauty- Ideological – a precedent for today- Moral – the past as aberrant - Reverential – the past as sacred- Biographical – overstating the agents

- Linguistic – narrative structure- Cognitive – student ability to understand- Aesthetic – interest, beauty- Ideological – a precedent for today- Moral – the past as aberrant - Reverential – the past as sacred- Biographical – overstating the agents

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Teaching Significance to Avoid Presentism in Environmental Education

Teaching Significance to Avoid Presentism in Environmental Education

- Being ‘blinkered by present day lenses- Assuming future generations want the same

things we do- Assuming future generations can fix our

mistakes- The ‘seventh generation’ trope

- Being ‘blinkered by present day lenses- Assuming future generations want the same

things we do- Assuming future generations can fix our

mistakes- The ‘seventh generation’ trope

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ImportanceImportance

• Was this event important to the people (mammals/sentient beings/organisms) alive at the time?

• Did the event have an influence on their thinking and behaviours?

• Was this event important to the people (mammals/sentient beings/organisms) alive at the time?

• Did the event have an influence on their thinking and behaviours?

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ProfundityProfundity

• How deeply have people’s (mammals/sentient beings/organisms!) lives (then and to the present) been affected by the event?

• How deeply have people’s (mammals/sentient beings/organisms!) lives (then and to the present) been affected by the event?

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QuantityQuantity

• How many lives were affected?• How many lives were affected?

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DurabilityDurability

• For how long have lives been affected?• For how long have lives been affected?

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RelevanceRelevance

• To what extent has the event contributed to an increased understanding of the present?

• To what extent will the event contribute to an increased understanding of the future?

• To what extent has the event contributed to an increased understanding of the present?

• To what extent will the event contribute to an increased understanding of the future?

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Q - DRIPQ - DRIP

Criteria Question ScoreQuantity How many lives were affected? 8

Durability For how long have lives been affected?

Relevance To what extent has the event contributed to an increased understanding of the present?

Importance Was the event important to people/living things alive at the time?

Profundity How deeply have lives (then and to the present) been affected by the event?

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Problem Solving and ESCAPE

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Why Teach History?Why Teach History?

'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’

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The Power of History in a Child’s Hands

It’s Worth It!

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Clayton BarryClayton BarryEmail: Email: [email protected]@eq.edu.au

Clayton BarryClayton BarryEmail: Email: [email protected]@eq.edu.au

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2014 OEEC Conference

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Can We Save Brigitte?

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Historical Thinking

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Historical Skills

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What is the pedagogy behind Inquiry?

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INQUIRY – DOUBLE LOOP LEARNING

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The 5Cs (unpacked)

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Q - DRIP

Criteria Question ScoreQuantity How many lives were affected? a) __ b) __ c) __

Durability For how long have lives been affected? a) __ b) __ c) __

Relevance To what extent has the event contributed to an increased understanding of the present?

a) __ b) __ c) __

Importance Was the event important to people alive at the time? a) __ b) __ c) __

Profundity How deeply have lives (then and to the present) been affected by the event?

a) __ b) __ c) __

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Problem Solving and ESCAPE