Students' historical contextualization and the cold war. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huijgen, Tim; Holthuis, Paul; van Boxtel, Carla; van De Grift, Wim; Suhre, Cor
• Is Part Of: British journal of educational studies. Volume 67:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 439
• Page End: 468
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: history education -- experimental design -- historical reasoning and thinking -- contextualization -- curriculum; Education -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2018.1518512
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1005

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This exploratory study presents an example of how a historical contextualization framework can be used to develop and implement a lesson unit on Cold War events. The effects of the lesson unit on students' ability to perform historical contextualization are explored in a quasi-experimental pre-test–post-test design with an experimental (n = 96) and a control (n = 73) condition. The students' answers on a historical contextualization test were analysed. The results indicate that students in the experimental condition increased their ability to perform historical contextualization and displayed less present-oriented perspectives in their answers compared to students in the control condition.