{"product_id":"transforming-the-canadian-history-classroom-imagining-a-new-we-paperback-softback-9780774862837","title":"Transforming the Canadian History Classroom; Imagining a New \"We\" (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774862837","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransforming the Canadian History Classroom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImagining a New \"We\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamantha Cutrara (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774862837\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"…Cutrara calls on teachers to be aware of the unintended impacts of the traditional history classroom that prioritizes 'approved' content over meaningful interactions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Aaron Stout, University of Lethbridge (Ontario Historical Society Review) ...I see tremendous value in the visions, ideas, and practices in this book. - Michael Capello (Historical Studies in Education)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are all our history. Yet despite curricular revisions, the mainstream historical narrative that shapes the way we teach students about the Canadian nation can be divisive, separating \"us\" from \"them.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to the evolving demographics of an ethnically and culturally heterogeneous population, \u003cem\u003eTransforming the Canadian History Classroom\u003c\/em\u003e calls for an innovative approach that instead places students – the stories they carry and the histories they want to be part of – at the centre of history education. Samantha Cutrara explores how teaching practices and institutional contexts can support ideas of connection, complexity, and care in order to engender meaningful learning and foster a student-centric history education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApplying insights gained from student and teacher interviews and case studies in schools, \u003cem\u003eTransforming the Canadian History Classroom\u003c\/em\u003e delineates a learning environment in which students can investigate the historical narratives that infuse their lives and imagine a future that makes room for their diverse identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Meaningful Learning: Imagining a New \"We\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Present of Today's Past: Current Trends and Curriculum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Students Speak: A Desire for Connected, Complex Canadian History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Teaching the Others in the Room: Limiting Connection, Removing Complexity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Meaningful Sites of Teaching: The Need for Time, Space, and Place\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Historic Space: Meaningful Learning in Canadian History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Works Cited; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531136332056,"sku":"9780774862837","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transforming-the-canadian-history-classroom-imagining-a-new-we-paperback-softback-9780774862837","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}