Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xiiiPeter Seixas
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction: History Education in (and for) a Changing World 1Scott Alan Metzger and Lauren McArthur Harris
Section I Policy, Research, and Societal Contexts of History Education 11
1 History Curriculum, Standards, and Assessment Policies and Politics: U.S. Experiences 13Tim Keirn
2 History Education Research and Practice: An International Perspective 37Mark Baildon and Suhaimi Afandi
3 Research Methodologies in History Education 61Terrie Epstein and Cinthia S. Salinas
4 Narratives of Black History in Textbooks: Canada and the United States 93LaGarrett J. King and Crystal Simmons
Section II Conceptual Constructs of History Education 117
5 Historical Thinking: Definitions and Educational Applications 119Stéphane Lévesque and Penney Clark
6 Historical Reasoning: Conceptualizations and Educational Applications 149Carla van Boxtel and Jannet van Drie
7 Historical Consciousness: Conceptualizations and Educational Applications 177Anna Clark and Maria Grever
8 Historical Empathy: Perspectives and Responding to the Past 203Jason L. Endacott and Sarah Brooks
9 Historical Agency: Stories of Choice, Action, and Social Change 227Kent den Heyer
10 Global and World History Education 253Brian Girard and Lauren McArthur Harris
Section III Ideologies, Identities, and Group Experiences in History Education 281
11 Critical Theory and History Education 283Avner Segall, Brenda M. Trofanenko, and Adam J. Schmitt
12 National, Ethnic, and Indigenous Identities and Perspectives in History Education 311Carla L. Peck
13 Gender and Sexuality in History Education 335Margaret Smith Crocco
14 “Difficult Knowledge” and the Holocaust in History Education 365Sara A. Levy and Maia Sheppard
Section IV History Education: Practices and Learning 389
15 History Teacher Preparation and Professional Development 391Stephanie van Hover and David Hicks
16 Teaching Practices in History Education 419S. G. Grant
17 Assessment of Learning in History Education: Past, Present, and Possible Futures 449Denis Shemilt
18 Reconceptualizing History for Early Childhood Through Early Adolescence 473Linda S. Levstik and Stephen J. Thornton
19 Teaching Controversial Historical Issues 503Tsafrir Goldberg and Geerte M. Savenije
Section V Historical Literacies: Texts, Media, and Social Spaces 527
20 Reading in History Education: Text, Sources, and Evidence 529Abby Reisman and Sarah McGrew
21 Writing and Argumentation in History Education 551Jeffery D. Nokes and Susan De La Paz
22 Film Media in History Teaching and Learning 579Richard J. Paxton and Alan S. Marcus
23 Digital Simulations and Games in History Education 603Cory Wright‐Maley, John K. Lee, and Adam Friedman
24 Learning History Beyond School: Museums, Public Sites, and Informal Education 631Jeremy D. Stoddard
Index 657