What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year

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dc.contributor.authorSiebörger, Rob
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-02T07:52:23Z
dc.date.available2018-02-02T07:52:23Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-01-13T07:11:50Z
dc.description.abstractFor many years the author has concluded a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) History Education course by choice with a formal written examination (albeit an unusual one - it doesn't have a time limit, for instance). When somewhat bemused students each year ask "Why?", the answer given is so that they will be assessed while working completely on their own under similar pressure to that which they will experience when preparing material for the classroom the following year. The article provides illustrations of the examination and students' answers. It considers how student teachers' pedagogical content knowledge may be assessed in history, how the knowledge and understanding of history may be assessed together with core history teaching abilities, and the interaction of history skills and content. It raises, also, issues of formative andsummative assessment and lower and higher order thinking, and poses questions about testing the knowledge of in-service teachers.
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dc.identifier.apacitationSiebörger, R. (2014). What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year. <i>Yesterday and Today</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27226en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSiebörger, Rob "What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year." <i>Yesterday and Today</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27226en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSiebörger, R. (2014). What should history teachers know? Assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year. Yesterday &Today, 11, 133-144.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Siebörger, Rob AB - For many years the author has concluded a PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) History Education course by choice with a formal written examination (albeit an unusual one - it doesn't have a time limit, for instance). When somewhat bemused students each year ask "Why?", the answer given is so that they will be assessed while working completely on their own under similar pressure to that which they will experience when preparing material for the classroom the following year. The article provides illustrations of the examination and students' answers. It considers how student teachers' pedagogical content knowledge may be assessed in history, how the knowledge and understanding of history may be assessed together with core history teaching abilities, and the interaction of history skills and content. It raises, also, issues of formative andsummative assessment and lower and higher order thinking, and poses questions about testing the knowledge of in-service teachers. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Yesterday and Today LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year TI - What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27226 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27226
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSiebörger R. What should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year. Yesterday and Today. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27226.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceYesterday and Today
dc.source.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/
dc.subject.otherPGCE
dc.subject.otherAssessment
dc.subject.otherCurriculum
dc.subject.otherExamination
dc.subject.otherHistory Education
dc.subject.otherPedagogical Content Knowledge
dc.subject.otherSkills
dc.titleWhat should history teachers know? assessing history students authentically at the conclusion of the PGCE year
dc.typeJournal Article
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