Browsing by Subject "Historical thinking"
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Poetry as method in the History classroom: decolonising possibilities
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)Poetry can present historical material in a non-academic format. This format may be particularly important for students who are excluded from epistemic access (Morrow, 2007). This exclusion stems from many things, but ways ... -
Recognising the academic and political purposes embedded in history textbook assessment tasks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This paper explores the nature of history as a school-based discipline and how history is recontextualised in the South African History Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and Grade 10 history textbooks, ... -
The role of self-directed learning in the promotion of historical thinking in first year Senior and FET History for Education students
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)Historical thinking allows an individual to understand the past by analysing and evaluating sources. These skills are not only critical in the discipline of history, but it also emphasises critical thinking to ensure a ... -
Using genre to describe the progression of historical thinking in school history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The focus of this paper is to describe how progression in historical thinking manifests across seven South African textbooks, one each from Grade 3 to Grade 9. This paper argues that one way in which progression in ... -
Writing and contextualising local history. A historical narrative of the Wellington Horticultural Society (Coloured).
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to enhance local history as a focus area in a Higher Education (HE) teaching context. This article documented a case study of the practice of flower growing as a recreational-competitive ...