| Title |
Winterton, LynDee_MED_2022 |
| Alternative Title |
It's the Thought that Counts: Promoting Higher Order Thinking in History Classrooms |
| Creator |
Winterton, LynDee |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
The following Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction thesis examines a teaching modality that challenges students with a higher order of thinking while learning and conceptualizing history lessons. |
| Abstract |
Lower order thinking has dominated history classrooms for years. This simplistic, though largely unconscious, curriculum is the result of what researchers call the traditional approach to teaching history-instructional choices marked by lecture, textbooks, worksheets, and assessments that reinforce a concrete view of the past and emphasize a single right answer. By contrast, history, as understood and practiced in the professional field, is a dynamic, evidence based discussion about the past. While researchers call for a more discipline-congruent approach to teaching history, the practicalities of such an approach are difficult for teachers to conceptualize in an education system that values outcomes over processes. The following curriculum project is a tool for secondary history teachers to reconceptualize what history is, how it can be taught, and how to engage students in higher order thinking. The content is a synthesis of the author's graduate training in both history and teaching as well as practical classroom experience. Teachers will work through five modules that challenge the traditional approach to history education by asking them to reflect on their own in light of prevailing research, the realities of the learning process, and a common goal to engage students in higher order thinking. |
| Subject |
Education--Study and teaching; Educational evaluation; Effective teaching; History |
| Keywords |
Higher-order thinking; Secondary history teachers; history teaching |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America |
| Date |
2022 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
1.64 MB; 132 page PDF |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s673ygry |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96862 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s673ygry |
