Taking action on societal issues requires knowledge, but of what kind, and how should its role in the curriculum be conceptualized? Drawing from Eastern and Western philosophies, this talk considers the contribution and limits of history to deliberatively informed action, and presents an alternative to prevailing views of knowledge in schooling.
Keith C. Barton is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, and Adjunct Professor of History, at Indiana University. He is the author, with Linda Levstik, of Teaching History for the Common Good, Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools, and Researching History Education: Theory, Method, and Context. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster, Victoria University (New Zealand), Uppsala University, and the National Institute of Education (Singapore).
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