Also by Mike Maxwell:
The Student's Friend Concise World History
important knowledge from the past that can inform judgment in the future.
Any society that has developed the capacity to destroy most life on earth needs all the good judgment it can get, and there is no better place to seek it than in the long record of human experience."
-From the Introduction
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Student's Friend founder Mike Maxwell:
Future-Focused History Teaching:
Restoring the Power of Historical Learning
"This book is intended for people who value history and believe that historical learning should be less a pointless exercise in temporarily memorizing trivial facts for the next exam, and more a quest for
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE: THE PROBLEMS
Introduction:
A conflict at the heart of history education
1 An encounter with the power of history
2 Basic problems of history education
3 Who is to blame for the trivia game?
4 Hard times for history education
PART TWO: SEEKING SOLUTIONS
5 Historical knowledge suitable for education
6 Cognition and the grand assumption
7 Basic principles of history education
8 How useful is history schooling?
9 Threats to judgment: ignorance and bias
10 Taking the vision to school
Epilogue: The dance of destiny
© 2001-2019 Michael G. Maxwell, Maxwell Learning LLC
Former journalist and history teacher Mike Maxwell has been operating the Student's Friend website since 2001.
In addition to writing Future-
Focused History Teaching, he is the author of The Student's Friend Concise World History.
"The tragedy of typical history instruction is not just that we forget it, but that it is so forgettable. Mike Maxwell's thoughtful prescription: Principles drawn from history that speak to today and tomorrow."
–David Perkins, Professor Emeritus,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
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"Quotes" about history education
