'history is Like a Coral Reef': a Personal Reflection (Marshall 1963). Issue 1 (1st July 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cooper, Hilary
• Is Part Of: History education research journal. Volume 9:Issue 1(2010)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 22
• Publication Date: 2010-07-01
• Subjects: History -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; History -- Research -- Periodicals; 907
• DOI: 10.18546/HERJ.09.1.04
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9713

Abstract

The idea that Coltham's and Fines' and Rogers' pamphlets appeared out of a vacuum is challenged in the context of primary education. Sybil Marshall's description of teaching history in a village primary school in the 1950s is analysed and many links with these pamphlets are identified: defining the objectives of history education and the processes of historical enquiry based on pupils' questioning of a variety of sources. Coltham's and Fines' and Rogers' work is seen as part of a continuum in which their hypotheses had roots in practice and were followed by empirical studies which explore their hypotheses.