Narrative Matters: Teaching History through Story

by Dr Grant Bage, Grant Bage

Overview

In recent years there has been a massive revival of interest internationally in what'story can offer to education. This book covers a range of issues at the heart of teaching history, such as the use of talk, the pitfalls of narrative as a pedagogical tool, translating curriculum content into lessons, story telling and story making. It also questions what it means to teach, the difficulties for teachers of remaining constructively critical of policy, and their own practice, during periods of national legislation and change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750709798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/08/1999
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Story of this Book; Chapter 2 Story in the Bones; Chapter 3 Making Meaning of Story and History; Chapter 4 History, Stories and Talk; Chapter 5 Storied Traditions of Pedagogy; Chapter 6 Why Stories Need Critics; Chapter 7 Making Tradition Critical?; Chapter 8 Translating Stories; Chapter 9 Story Across the Curriculum?;

Editorial Reviews

'... It is Grant Bage's aim to give stories their rightful place in the classroom, particularly in history lessons ... As the new national curriculum for September 2000 presents teachers with much greater flexibility, this is surely the moment to take in what this book has to say.' - The Times Educational Supplement

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