Thesis
Professional practice and perspectives in the teaching of historical empathy
- Abstract:
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To empathise, in a historical sense, generally means to entertain the perspectives and values of people in the past through consideration of the circumstances they faced. Widely acknowledged as a fundamental part of the historian's craft, empathy has had a more tenuous place in school history due to the conceptual confusion of the term, its association with the promotion of a leftist political agenda, and its difficulty for pupils. Scholarship on empathy has focused upon its philosophical...
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- Publication date:
- 2004
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
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- Source identifiers:
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602336203
- Deposit date:
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2014-07-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Cunningham, D
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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