History and archaeology education is highly valued among modern societies that seek to educate their youth about the past. Yet these areas have been_for the most part_slow to employ the latest advances in education theory and practice. Former classroom teacher and science education specialist M. Elaine Davis presents an informed and useful text that demonstrates the importance of contemporary learning theory and educational research to the development of effective programs in both formal and informal history and archaeology education. Chapters cover teaching and history education theory, and apply this to various case studies and program examples. This text will prove a much-valued tool for school teachers, museum educators, archaeologists, and historians_challenging and aiding educators to assess and improve their respective programs.

By M. Elaine Davis

Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I: Teaching and Learning History
Chapter 3 Chapter One: History Matters
Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Thinking Our Way into the Past
Part 5 Part II Constructing the Past: A Case Study from Southwestern Colorado
Chapter 6 Chapter Three: A Sense of Place
Chapter 7 Chapter Four: The Research Design and Project Parameters: Teachers, Students, and Curriculum
Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Pieces of the Past
Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Making Meaning of the Past
Part 10 Part III: Teaching A History That Matters
Chapter 11 Chapter Seven: Constructing Pedagogy: Applying Research to Practice
Chapter 12 Chapter Eight: History as a Dialogic Practice: Sharing Authority for Constructing the Past
Chapter 13 Chapter Nine: Understanding Understanding: Some Tools for Qualitative Inquiry
Part 14 Appendices
Chapter 15 Data List
Chapter 16 Interview Guide
Chapter 17 Student Questionnaire
Part 18 References
Part 19 Index
Part 20 About the Author