History from children's perspectives: learning to read and write historical accounts using family sources

This paper presents the results of an investigation which was part of a project called 'Recreating Histories'. It is concerned with the analysis of historical narratives created by the children who participated in the project and an analysis of historical sources kept by families who live...

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Published in:Education 3-13 2010-08, Vol.38 (3), p.289-299
Main Authors: Schmidt, Maria Auxiliadora, Braga Garcia, Tânia Maria F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil
Children
Education history
Foreign Countries
Grade 3
historical education
historical narratives
History Instruction
Learning
Literacy Education
Narratives
Perceptions
Perspective Taking
Primary Sources
Reading
teaching history
textbooks
Writing
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Summary:This paper presents the results of an investigation which was part of a project called 'Recreating Histories'. It is concerned with the analysis of historical narratives created by the children who participated in the project and an analysis of historical sources kept by families who live in Campina Grande do Sul (Brazil). It draws on the theoretical and methodological approaches of Artières, Freire, and Rüsen, the work of researchers into history education, Ashby, Cooper, Barca, and Lee, and of the authors of this project, Schmidt and Garcia.
ISSN:0300-4279
1475-7575
DOI:10.1080/03004279.2010.497278