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Whose history? : engaging history students through historical fiction /

"Whose History? examines the traditions in Australian historical fiction, and ponders how Australian historical novels can engage teachers and student teachers."--Publisher's description

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rodwell, Grant (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide, South Australia : The University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide Press, [2013]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The challenges of compulsory history in the Australian school curriculum. Compulsory history: the issues confronting teachers
  • Student engagement through historical narratives
  • Pedagogical dimensions of historical novels and historical literacy
  • Part II: Understanding the genre of historical novels. Defining the historical novel
  • The increase of history as a subject for novels: memory and the context of interpretation
  • 'The plot against the plot': page-turners for students
  • Counterfactual histories and the nature of history
  • Alternate histories in the classroom
  • 'Caught in time's cruel machinery': time-slip novels in the history lesson
  • Part III: Deconstructing the historical novel. Whose history? historical fiction and the discipline of history in the classroom: varying views of the past
  • Understanding the past through historical fiction
  • Unpacking historical novels for their historicity: historical facts and historical agency
  • Key themes in Australian history and their reflection in historical novels
  • Conclusion.