Transforming the Canadian History Classroom

Imagining a New "We"

Samantha Cutrara (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2020
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-6283-7 (ISBN)

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We are all our history. Yet despite curricular revisions, the mainstream historical narrative that shapes the way we teach students about the Canadian nation can be divisive, separating "us" from "them."

Responding to the evolving demographics of an ethnically and culturally heterogeneous population, Transforming the Canadian History Classroom calls for an innovative approach that instead places students – the stories they carry and the histories they want to be part of – at the centre of history education. Samantha Cutrara explores how teaching practices and institutional contexts can support ideas of connection, complexity, and care in order to engender meaningful learning and foster a student-centric history education.

Applying insights gained from student and teacher interviews and case studies in schools, Transforming the Canadian History Classroom delineates a learning environment in which students can investigate the historical narratives that infuse their lives and imagine a future that makes room for their diverse identities.

Samantha Cutrara is a curriculum specialist with the Office of the Vice-Provost Academic at York University. She is a history education strategist who has developed museum exhibitions and related programming, written curriculum and resources, and led professional development sessions for educators. In 2015 she won the Ontario Museums Association Award for Excellence in Exhibits for the Dear Sadie exhibit at the Archives of Ontario.

1 Meaningful Learning: Imagining a New "We"

2 The Present of Today's Past: Current Trends and Curriculum

3 Students Speak: A Desire for Connected, Complex Canadian History

4 Teaching the Others in the Room: Limiting Connection, Removing Complexity

5 Meaningful Sites of Teaching: The Need for Time, Space, and Place

6 Historic Space: Meaningful Learning in Canadian History

Notes; Works Cited; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2020
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-7748-6283-1 / 0774862831
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-6283-7 / 9780774862837
Zustand	Neuware