Pima
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- Dec 3, 2018
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- Italy, Piedmont
Hi, first thread and first curiosity to accomplish. The question is simple: how would you teach History if you were a teacher ? Now I'Il try to explain my position to create a fruitful debate.
Here we all like History. Maybe se like more a certain period than another, for example I really like the Civil War while I absolutely hate the Italian Renaissance. In addition everyone in his experience will form in own opinion on History. In my opinion, in Italy History at school la very boring. The book in particuliar does non attract a student so if you have to study for an oral text that will be extremely difficult and long. I personally think that the text is boring becouse what it tries to do is just a big overall summery of an argument. The teacher knows that so she does not follow the book. The problem is the way she expains History becouse all she does is talking while we take notes. So we students seem like amanuensis. My schoolmates really like this method, not becouse she is good at teaching but just becouse they won't need to study on the book, that as I said is boring. The teacher will ask us only what she said on the notes so everyone at the end is happy. I personally survive just becouse I have a general knowledge and I read some books on the topic ( WW1, WW2 and so on, I'm in the last year) but while she was talking today a question came in my mind. What would I do if I were a techer ? So I started this topic.
What would I personally do is a middle-way. I know that it is boring and I'Il try everything to attract the students but I would also avoid being too precise. If you are wondering I'm not willing to be an History Teacher neither an Historian, I would prefer to be a museum guide.
I'm really looking forward to see your answers. I have been here for a while here without making a profile and you are all very experts of the topic. So, let's make an example: if you have to talk the class about the big topic Civil war what would you do ?
Sorry for my bad English, I will try to get better
PS: A curiosity of mine, in the good old USA how is History teached at school ?
Here we all like History. Maybe se like more a certain period than another, for example I really like the Civil War while I absolutely hate the Italian Renaissance. In addition everyone in his experience will form in own opinion on History. In my opinion, in Italy History at school la very boring. The book in particuliar does non attract a student so if you have to study for an oral text that will be extremely difficult and long. I personally think that the text is boring becouse what it tries to do is just a big overall summery of an argument. The teacher knows that so she does not follow the book. The problem is the way she expains History becouse all she does is talking while we take notes. So we students seem like amanuensis. My schoolmates really like this method, not becouse she is good at teaching but just becouse they won't need to study on the book, that as I said is boring. The teacher will ask us only what she said on the notes so everyone at the end is happy. I personally survive just becouse I have a general knowledge and I read some books on the topic ( WW1, WW2 and so on, I'm in the last year) but while she was talking today a question came in my mind. What would I do if I were a techer ? So I started this topic.
What would I personally do is a middle-way. I know that it is boring and I'Il try everything to attract the students but I would also avoid being too precise. If you are wondering I'm not willing to be an History Teacher neither an Historian, I would prefer to be a museum guide.
I'm really looking forward to see your answers. I have been here for a while here without making a profile and you are all very experts of the topic. So, let's make an example: if you have to talk the class about the big topic Civil war what would you do ?
Sorry for my bad English, I will try to get better
PS: A curiosity of mine, in the good old USA how is History teached at school ?