Teaching History & University
So much of what teachers do derives from tradition: we teach as we were taught. To grow and develop as a teacher, it is necessary to regularly look closely and critically at what we are doing and ask why.
Growth across the career rests on accepting who I am but never being satisfied with what I do.
Maryellen Weimer, Inspired College Teaching, (2010), 34, 40.
In the News:
Teaching with Integrity: Historians Speak (18 May 2022)
In Today's Gun Rights Cases, HIstorians are in Hot Demand. Here's Why (NPR, 3 February 2024)
How to Research and Write History in the Digital Age, Steven Mintz (Inside HigherEd, 5 April 2022)
History Reimagined: The Challenges of Teaching History in Contentious Times, Steven Mintz (Inside HigherEd, 21 July 2021)
"Reimagining the U.S. History Course," Steven Mintz (Inside HigherEd, 10 May 2021)
Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty, and isolation have affected our minds and memory (The Guardian, 14 April 2021)
A Push for Patriotic Education (Inside Higher Ed, 20 January 2021)
"History isn't just for patriots: We teach students how to understand the U.S., not to love it - or hate it," Daniel Immerwahr (23 December 2020, Washington Post)
Why do we think Learning About History Can Make Us Better? How the Study of the Past Became the Conscience of the Present, Priya Satia (Chronicle of Higher Education, 23 October 2020)
Why history is hard--and dangerous--to teach and how to get kids to stop thinking it is 'boring and useless' (Washington Post,27 April 2020)
"An Immodest Proposal: Reworking the Intro Course," Mary Lindemann, Perspectives on History (AHA) (24 February 2020)
"What took the place of Western Civ?" (Mark Bauerlein, Inside Higher Ed, 19 February 2020)
"How Dr. Hasan Jeffries is Rethinking the Way we Teach Black History"(Diverse, 7 February 2020)
Trump "Embodies Nearly Every Aspect of a Racist," Author Says (NPR, 13 August 2019)
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS. (Washington Post, 24 June 2019)
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS (Washington Post, 24 June 2019)
The Student Strike that Changed Higher Ed Forever (21 March 2019, NPR)
White Nationalist Rhetoric Heard Today Echoes America a Century Ago (14 March 2019, NPR)
How to Teach Black History (NPR, Rachel Martin, Jason Fuller, 28 February 2019)
"History Gateways: A New AHA Initiative to Rethink Introductory Courses," Julia Brookins, James Grossman, and Emily Swafford, Perspectives on History (1 November 2018)
"Is techonology bringing history to life or distorting it?"(Washington Post, 10 May 2018)
"This College Class on 'Historical Frauds' is Fighting Pseudoscience Head-On" (Huffington Post, 22 March 2017) describes a course at North Carolina State University.
L is for Learning: A New Book on Proven Approaches and How Teachers Can Use Them (NPR, 12 August 2016)
At these Museums, Tragedy is a History Lesson (NPR, 3 August 2016)
In this "Students aren't Coddled. They're Defeated,"(blog post), John Warner shares why he believes students struggle with intrinsic motivation and a technique he uses to get them to see the relevance of a general education course.
"These Videos Could Change How You Think About Teaching" (Chronicle of Higher Education (27 August 2015)
School Board Wants Civil Disorder De-Emphasized; Students Walk Out (NPR, 3 October 2014)