Chat & Social > The Bar - General Chat

Politicaly correct history?

<< < (2/2)

Bob696:

--- Quote ---I'm not a teacher so can't comment - but surely, you must be teaching young children "new" things all the time!? Can you not start at the beginning?
--- End quote ---


There is a difference between "Knowing" something and "understanding" something.
Sure, you can teach a kid that the battle of Hastings was in 1066 (and they might even remember it the next lesson) but they wont understand anything. If, on the other hand, you can take a modern example of the norman invasion such as a local castle that they can actualy SEE, then you can work backwards to the invasion and it puts the date into context. If you start at the begining the kids will lose interest and stop listening as it was sooooooooooo long ago and by the time you get to the castle they have forgoten what you were talking about in the first place.  


--- Quote ---As to relevance - stuff we know might be relevant every day, or just once when we're 90 years old - you need to have been taught/told about it first though  
--- End quote ---


You cant teach a kid everything. All we can do is teach them the basic building blocks and the skills to carry on learning for themsleves as the need arrises. It is strange to think that the vast majority of kids I teach look on the first gulf war as ancient history as it was fought before they were even born, yet to me it is still fresh(ish) in my mind. Same with the Falklands. I dont remember the Vietnam war though so that is REAL history  :lol:

BTW I dont teach history

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page