History and the Climate Crisis / / Kate Hawkey.

History education has a key contribution to make in developing a deeper understanding of the current environmental crisis, but its role is too often overlooked. When embedded in the school curriculum, environmental history adds crucial layers of knowledge to the learning from other subjects and can...

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Superior document:Knowledge and the curriculum.
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Place / Publishing House:London : : UCL Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Knowledge and the curriculum.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I, Perspectives on subject knowledge. 1 How the history curriculum was shaped and why it needs to change ; 2 Scale in history: why it matters and how to navigate between different scales ; 3 Key turning points in humanity's relationship with nature ; 4 Humanity's relationship with nature: examples from history ; 5 The role of microbes in shaping human history ; 6 Environment and other revisionist themes in history ; 7 How environmental perspectives impact on disciplinary concepts Part II, Into the classroom. 8 Pedagogical approaches to the challenge of teaching environmental history ; 9 Embedding environmental perspectives into classroom practice ; 10 Challenging the curriculum.