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Amy von Heyking: Children's Historical Thinking in the Middle Years (Part 3)

Duration: 46 seconds

Dr. Amy von Heyking provides an overview of Peter Seixas' six specific elements in the structure of the discipline of history: significance; epistemology and evidence; continuity and change; progress and decline; empathy and judgment; historical agency. The elements provide a framework for an analysis of historical thinking. (Presentation at the 2005 Social Studies Summer Institute)

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Last updated: May 31, 2007 | (Revision History)
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