1997
DOI: 10.1080/002202797183892
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And Santayana lives on: Students' views on the purposes for studying American history

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“…In many ways this is unsurprising as it replicates findings from previous studies. For example VanSledright (1997) and Haydn and Harris (2010) found that students' conceptions of the purpose of history were often simply related to employment prospects, such as being a history teacher or an archaeologist. However, as previous studies have shown (Harris and Haydn 2006) students tend to enjoy studying history for a variety of reasons; these are often related to the teacher (and whether pupils liked them), how they are taught and whether students find the topic intrinsically interesting.…”
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confidence: 97%
“…In many ways this is unsurprising as it replicates findings from previous studies. For example VanSledright (1997) and Haydn and Harris (2010) found that students' conceptions of the purpose of history were often simply related to employment prospects, such as being a history teacher or an archaeologist. However, as previous studies have shown (Harris and Haydn 2006) students tend to enjoy studying history for a variety of reasons; these are often related to the teacher (and whether pupils liked them), how they are taught and whether students find the topic intrinsically interesting.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Although such descriptions mainly come from qualitative studies that may not be apt to generalize, the corroboration of the findings seems to support the emergence of a few consistent traits. For example, participants in such studies differed in the way they conceptualized the role of the historian and, thus, the relation between history and the past (Levstik, 2000;VanSledright, 1997). People also varied in their conception of the nature of a text.…”
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“…Le concept nous apparait fondamental, puisque plusieurs recherches semblent montrer qu'il existe une corrélation entre une difficulté à comprendre l'idée d'agentivité -plus particulièrement celle des groupes minorisés -dans les récits historiques et un sentiment d'impuissance des élèves par rapport aux enjeux sociaux actuels (Colley, 2015 ;den Heyer, 2003 ;Seixas, 1993 ;Vansledright, 1997). …”
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