{"product_id":"understanding-history-ros-ashby-9780415760263","title":"Understanding History: Recent Research in History Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat sense do children and young people make of history? How do they cope with competing historical accounts in textbooks? How do they think historical or archaeological claims are supported or rejected? And whatever students think about history, how do their teachers see history education? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this fourth volume of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Review of History Education\u003c\/em\u003e discuss these questions in the context of their research. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book examines students' ideas about the discipline of history and the knowledge it produces. The second part looks in detail at teachers' own ideas about teaching. Featuring contributions from authors throughout the world, including the USA, Canada, Portugal, Brazil, Taiwan and the UK, the book provides interesting studies of how history is both taught and received in these different countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding History \u003c\/em\u003econtributes to current knowledge of successful teaching: that teachers must take into accounts students' preconceptions that they bring to the classroom as well as accepting the complexity and importance of their own professional knowledge. The book will be of interest to anyone studying or researching history education as well as teachers of history throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ros Ashby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415760267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415760263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Ros Ashby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447746703615,"sku":"9780415760263","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98677868-9e51-4735-801c-988279e7561d.jpg?v=1777234533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-history-ros-ashby-9780415760263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}