The Challenge of Rethinking History Education: On Practices, Theories, and Policy

by Bruce A. VanSledright

Book Overview

Every few years in the United States, history teachers go through what some believe is an embarrassing national ritual. A representative group of students sit down to take a standardized U.S. history test, and the results show varied success. Sizable percentages of students score at or below a "basic" understanding of the country's history. Pundits seize on these results to argue that not only are students woefully ignorant about history, but history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415873797
• ISBN13: 9780415873796
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"