What is great history teaching?
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, using thinking routines for source analysis and communicating historical arguments.
Resources
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
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.