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Providing a broad and balanced overview of the teaching of primary history and primary geography Primary Humanities: Learning Through Enquiry is indispensable reading for all primary teacher education students wishing to develop their understanding of teaching humanities subjects.
What is Enquiry-Led Learning in Primary History and Geography?
What is Enquiry-Led Learning in Primary History and Geography?
By the end of this chapter you will be able to:
- explain some similarities and differences between the enquiry processes in history and geography;
- describe the nature and status of facts, interpretations, sources and myths in history and geography;
- describe the implications for teaching and learning of historical and geographical enquiry processes.
This chapter will explore the distinctive features of the enquiry processes in history and geography. In doing so, it will also reveal the links and similarities which give cohesion to the humanities. The starting point, however, needs to be an understanding of what history and geography are like as subjects in the primary school. Although all versions of the ...
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