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  #1 Lidia Kyprianou on 03 Oct 11

   

  In this article, Graeme Paton reports that the Historical Association found extensive evidence that history is being marginalized in all stages of secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Most schools teach history as a distinct subject in the first three years of secondary school before students are given options at the age of 14. Recently, research shows that a growing number of schools are removing the three year course by 12 months so that they can find more space for other curriculum subjects. 31% of schools are now merging history and geography to form a humanities subject. Many educators that support this new movement view history as a subject that creates and encourages generic thinking skills.
  
  The information found from this article proposes serious problems concerning a child's learning development. Dr. Richard Harris, a history professor at Southhampton University, stressed his concern over the growing problem, ""If you have less specialist teaching, children pick up less enthusiasm from the teacher. The Government must make a decision about what children are entitled to do; we think this should be at least three years of history teaching by a specialist." The subject of history teaches students crucial concepts that they can apply to their everyday lives. History help students understand the world we live in today through its past experiences. Students are taught about the development of communities, identities, and many civilizations. It also helps them understand concepts such as, "power", "authority", and government. And further emphasizes ideas such as, environment, technology, society, and culture. Therefore, diminishing the influence of history in classrooms can have a detrimental impact in the development of many children.
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7994502/History-disappearing-from-schools.html

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this article, Graeme Paton reports that the Historical Association found extensive evidence that history is being marginalized in all stages of secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Most schools teach history as a distinct subject in the first three years of secondary school before students are given options at the age of 14. Recently, research shows that a growing number of schools are removing the three year course by 12 months so that they can find more space for other curriculum subjects. 31% of schools are now merging history and geography to form a humanities subject. Many educators that support this new movement view history as a subject that creates and encourages generic thinking skills. <br /> <br /> The information found from this article proposes serious problems concerning a child's learning development. Dr. Richard Harris, a history professor at Southhampton University, stressed his concern over the growing problem, ""If you have less specialist teaching, children pick up less enthusiasm from the teacher. The Government must make a decision about what children are entitled to do; we think this should be at least three years of history teaching by a specialist." The subject of history teaches students crucial concepts that they can apply to their everyday lives. History help students understand the world we live in today through its past experiences. Students are taught about the development of communities, identities, and many civilizations. It also helps them understand concepts such as, "power", "authority", and government. And further emphasizes ideas such as, environment, technology, society, and culture. Therefore, diminishing the influence of history in classrooms can have a detrimental impact in the development of many children. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7994502/History-disappearing-from-schools.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7994502/History-disappearing-from-schools.html</a></div>

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