Transforming History: A Guide to Effective, Inclusive, and Evidence-Based Teaching

by Mary Jo Festle

Teaching history well is not just a matter of knowing history--it is a set of skills that can be developed and honed through practice. In this theoretically informed but eminently practical volume, Mary Jo Festle examines the recent explosion of research on the teaching and learning of history. Illuminated by her own work, Festle applies the concept of "backward design" as an organizing framework to the history classroom. She provides concrete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299326802
• ISBN13: 9780299326807
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.7"