This study explores the psychometric qualities of the Relevance of History Measurement Scale (RHMS), a questionnaire designed to measure students’ beliefs about the relevance of history. Participants were 1459 Dutch secondary school students aged between 12 and 18. Data analysis revealed three reliable factors, compliant with our theoretical framework which defines three strands of relevance of history: relevance for building a personal identity, for citizenship, and for insight into ‘the human condition’. The convergent and known-groups validity of the RHMS was demonstrated. The collected data show that students find history more relevant as they grow older, with most progress taking place between 14 and 16. Out of the three strands of rel...
Traditionally, the teaching of history tends to focus on content, where historical learning is refle...
The paper reports the outcomes of a Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) funded study of pu...
The development a standard-based curriculum in History can be related to the school reforms where ‘p...
This study explores the psychometric qualities of the Relevance of History Measurement Scale (RHMS),...
Historical reasoning competencies play an important role in history education. However, valid and re...
Historical significance is a historical thinking concept. Being able to identify historical signific...
Historical reasoning competencies play an important role in history education. However, valid and re...
Although history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary scho...
Although history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary scho...
Abstract We introduce results from a survey on pupils ’ conceptions about history conducted in 2003 ...
Although the disciplinary approach to teaching history has been around since the 1980s, it is still ...
Researchers widely agree that learning history should involve more than learning historical facts an...
The paper explores the answer formulated by Romanian High School students to a questionnaire aimed a...
The paper explores the answer formulated by Romanian High School students to a questionnaire aimed a...
D.Phil.History at school and tertiary level is on the defence the world over. This ahistorical spiri...
Traditionally, the teaching of history tends to focus on content, where historical learning is refle...
The paper reports the outcomes of a Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) funded study of pu...
The development a standard-based curriculum in History can be related to the school reforms where ‘p...
This study explores the psychometric qualities of the Relevance of History Measurement Scale (RHMS),...
Historical reasoning competencies play an important role in history education. However, valid and re...
Historical significance is a historical thinking concept. Being able to identify historical signific...
Historical reasoning competencies play an important role in history education. However, valid and re...
Although history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary scho...
Although history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary scho...
Abstract We introduce results from a survey on pupils ’ conceptions about history conducted in 2003 ...
Although the disciplinary approach to teaching history has been around since the 1980s, it is still ...
Researchers widely agree that learning history should involve more than learning historical facts an...
The paper explores the answer formulated by Romanian High School students to a questionnaire aimed a...
The paper explores the answer formulated by Romanian High School students to a questionnaire aimed a...
D.Phil.History at school and tertiary level is on the defence the world over. This ahistorical spiri...
Traditionally, the teaching of history tends to focus on content, where historical learning is refle...
The paper reports the outcomes of a Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) funded study of pu...
The development a standard-based curriculum in History can be related to the school reforms where ‘p...