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Fieldwork to promote historical learning in secondary education. An enthusiast’s view! . Fieldwork – more chance to explore!. Some examples…. Diverse experiences of World War Two at York Castle Museum. Changes over 100 years in a Y ork street.
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Fieldwork to promote historical learning in secondary education An enthusiast’s view!
Some examples… • Diverse experiences of World War Two at York Castle Museum. • Changes over 100 years in a York street. • Cause and consequence learning walk up Omaha beach.
Such as: • Independent enquiry • Reflective learning • Team-working • Self-management • Participation as a citizen
Conditions for successful fieldwork • Excellent organisation and risk management. • Must fit your learners’ needs. • Be embedded into a scheme of work. • Have assessable outcomes.
Further illustration • Year 7 studying diverse experiences of York at the start of the 20th century. • Year 11 and A level students study Cold War Berlin. • PGCE history students fieldwork preparing Year7-8 fieldwork on church and state power in the Medieval England.
Fieldwork promotes learning because it builds connections by… • Firing the imagination. • Promoting independence. • Engaging and enthusing. • Deepening and broadening understanding. • Making the discipline explicit, without over simplification. Esp. those knotty concepts, such as historical interpretations.