Prof Bob Bain joins us, probably one of the biggest names in history teaching. This conversation brought a whole new dimension to what effective history teaching should look like.
Questions we set out to answer:
- Does Bob Bain play the guitar?
- Why are all historians, in essence, teachers?
- The power of that ONE inspirational history teacher/lecturer
- Why in the world would anyone want to study history?
- What is the purpose of situating the present in the context of the past?
- How do we deal with different accounts of the past?
- What is the OERProject all about?
- How is the OERProject different from typical MOOCs?
- How did the OERProject come about?
- What is the difference between Big History, World History or Global History?
- How does scale influence our understanding of the past?
- How do we link all the ways in which historians write history?
- What is the importance of scale switching?
- Does Big History move beyond the scope of history itself?
- "Bain's Hall" as a thinking tool in the history class
- Why are claim testers central to the OERProject?
- How should history content/skills be assessed?
- How can history teachers be more innovative?
- Why should we be more mindful of employing thinking tools in the history classroom?
- Bob's favourite history books
- Bob's motivational words for history teachers
Books mentioned: "The Idea of History" by RG Collingwood and "Historians' Fallacies" by David Hackett Fischer.
Visit the OERProject at www.oeproject.com and find Prof Bob Bain on Twitter @bain_bob.
Please send your comments and suggestions to @WilliamHPalk or @C_duPlessis on Twitter.
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