Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ540240
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Mapping the Terrain of Historical Significance.
Seixas, Peter
Social Education, v61 n1 p22-27 Jan 1997
Summarizes a Canadian study that attempted to determine how a diverse group of high school students identified and understood events of historical significance. The students' responses ranged from generally objective and analytical to wildly subjective. Includes a recommended exercise for establishing students approaches to and definitions of historical significance. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Background, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, History, History Instruction, Instructional Development, Instructional Improvement, Knowledge Level, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education, Social Psychology, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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