What does great history teaching look like?
Is it passion for the past? Creativity in the classroom? The courage to follow students’ questions - even when it means throwing out the lesson plan?
Historian Anna Clark speaks with experienced teachers and university educators from across Australia about what great history teaching really looks like in the primary and secondary school classroom.
From building strong relationships with students, to self-regulation, and being able to say, "I need more information and I'll get back to you."
And, the key skills history teachers pass on to students - like asking and answering good questions, researching ethically, thinking routines for source analysis, and communicating historical arguments.
Resources and tipsheet
- Project Zero by Harvard Graduate School of Education
- See, Think, Wonder thinking routine
- Tipsheet for this episode
Research mentioned in this episode
Zuleica Ruiz-Alfonso, Jaime León, The role of passion in education: A systematic review, Educational Research Review, Volume 19, 2016, Pages 173-188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2016.09.001. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X16300343
Voices
Educators: Claire Colledge, Sarah Coleman, Ben Lawless, Chad Cary, Natalie Fong, David Boon and Catherine Baron.
Host: Professor Anna Clark
About Hey History Teacher!
Hear practical ideas, fresh inspiration and thoughtful conversation about how history is taught in primary and secondary school classrooms in Australia.
Hey History Teacher! is for teachers, teacher-educators and pre-service teachers.
You’ll hear conversations and advice about over 8 episodes, including:
- teaching difficult histories
- creative history teaching
- approaching First Nations histories with care and confidence
- complexity in history teaching
- how early-career teachers can find their their feet in the history classroom
- great history teaching, and
- teaching the Australian Wars.
It's grounded in current research and features fifteen classroom educators and academics from around Australia.
Each episode comes with a free downloadable Tip Sheet to support your teaching practice.
Credits
Hey History Teacher! is supported by the History Teachers Association of NSW.
Executive Producer is Professor Anna Clark.
Producer is Jane Curtis at UTS Impact Studios.
Sound engineering by John Jacobs.
Made on Gadigal Country in Sydney Australia.
