Faire de l’Histoire en cours d’Histoire

Historians say Michael Gove risks turning history lessons into propaganda classes | Politics The education minister, Michael Gove, wants school history lessons to portray Britain 'as a beacon of liberty'. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Leading historians are to hit out against education minister Michael Gove's plans for history teaching, saying they risk "going down the route of propaganda". Gove has said history in schools ought to "celebrate the distinguished role of these islands in the history of the world" and portray Britain as "a beacon of liberty for others to emulate". But Tom Devine, professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, said: "I am root-and-branch opposed to Gove's approach. Devine was speaking before a debate on history teaching at the Edinburgh international book festival, where he will be joined by Professor Linda Colley of Princeton University, and RW Johnson, the emeritus fellow in politics at Oxford. Devine said of the Aberdeen-raised Gove: "I find it remarkable someone educated in the Scottish system can come up with this nonsense."

N°471 - Apprendre l’Histoire Pour être bon en histoire, suffit-il « d’apprendre ses leçons », quitte à en oublier rapidement la plus grande partie ? Dans ce dossier, nous voulons plutôt prendre au sérieux la vocation de la discipline à former à la citoyenneté, à l’esprit critique, à « l’intelligence active »... Comment les enseignants de tous les niveaux s’y prennent-ils pour amener leurs élèves à « penser l’Histoire » ?Il est question dans ce dossier de contenus : par exemple les préoccupations très anciennes et très contemporaines à la fois autour des migrations ou des religions, ou les efforts de renouvellement des programmes pour prendre en compte des nouveautés historiographiques comme la World History. Il est surtout question des compétences du socle commun, celles qui sont déjà au centre de l’enseignement de la discipline en Belgique ou au Québec, et qui sont le plus souvent implicites dans les cours ordinaires en France.

High Dive Teaching | Hypocrite, n. – a teacher who thinks there is nothing left to learn Letters to a New History Teacher: No. 7 » Schools History Project Maintaining the GCSE momentum (or seeing GCSE through their eyes) The once pristine exercise books are dog eared. The work inside shows progression … from neatness and care to messy scrawl and doodles. I’ve been here before so I need to give my second NQT self some pointers. My old self, NQT 1, found this stage with GCSE classes tough. Turning around a new GCSE class who seem dulled and deflated is all about where you are sitting. And then the work began. See BanhamHallGCSE on the SHP website Secondly, I need to revisit my medium term plan. Thirdly, don’t overdo it. Finally, I will say to myself “don’t be afraid NQT 2 to inject some of that brilliant ‘Year 7 style’ fun into GCSE lessons”. So the next time things seem to take a turn for the worse I will go and sit in one of those student’s chairs and think carefully about what it is to be them right now. Esther Esther’s blog returns after half-term on November 2nd.