Creative Historical Thinking

"If you are in the business of teaching students how to be effective history teachers, communicators, and practitioners, Michael Douma's new book deserves a place on your syllabus.Creative Historical Thinking is a wonderful contribution to the growingliterature on the place of historical thinking in public life." -John Fea, Professor of History, Messiah College, author of Why Study History: Reflecting on the Importance of the Past "An imaginative alternative to linear history. The personal touch of relating dry, chronological events to a reader's own personal timeline is sure to change how we view both past and present, and weigh their relevance to our lives." - Richard E. Cytowic, Professor of Neurology, George Washington University, author of Wednesday is Indigo Blue "Douma provides fresh ideas about the process of doing and teaching history. The emphasis on "creative historical thinking" provides a much needed humanistic emphasis within the literature of doing history. Douma provides ample examples and practical insights into the process of doing and teaching history using creativity within the bounds of the discipline." - David Zwart, Assistant Professor of History Education, Grand Valley State University

Auteur

Michael J. Douma is Assistant Research Professor at the McDonagh School of Business at Georgetown University.

Texte du rabat

Creative Historical Thinking presents methods of visualizing historical thought and encourages readers to develop their own pathways into historical research and writing on a creative model.

Résumé
Creative Historical Thinking presents methods of visualizing historical thought and encourages readers to develop their own pathways into historical research and writing on a creative model.

Contenu

Preface

Introduction

Section I: The Argument: Seeing History as a Creative Discipline

Chapter 1: Metaphors of space and time

Chapter 2: Beyond Simple Linear History

Chapter 3: On Facts and Creative Interpretations

Section II: Practical Strategies for Students to become Creative Historians

Chapter 4: How Creative Historians Read and Research

Chapter 5: How Creative Historians Write

Chapter 6: Networking: The Entrepreneurial Historian

Section III: Creativity in the History Classroom

Chapter 7: Rethinking history education with photographs and material culture

Chapter 8: "Why Men Stopped Wearing Hats" and Other Important Historical Questions

Chapter 9: Classroom History Diagrams

Section IV: The Consequences of History as Metaphor

Chapter 10: Can there be one metaphor for all of History?

Chapter 11: Analogies of Historical Thinking

Chapter 12: Creative Historical Thinking for Everyone