How Good an Historian Shall I be?

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R.G. Collingwood's name is familiar to historians and history educators around the world. Few, however, have charted the depths of his reflections on what it means to be educated in history. In this book Marnie Hughes-Warrington begins with the facet of Collingwood's work best known to teachers — re-enactment — and locates it in historically-informed discussions on empathy, imagination and history education. Revealed are dynamic concepts of the a priori imagination and education that tend towards reflection on the presuppositions that shape our own and others’ forms of life.
Source: Australian Journal of Politics and History

Credit: Martin Stuart-Fox

"Hughes-Warrington presents an admirably clear exposition of absolute and relative presuppositions... a powerful case for the inclusion of Collingwood's ideas in any philosophy of education on which policy is to be based."
Hardcover
- Publication Date: 30 November 2003
- ISBN-13: 9780907845614
- Extent: Main content page count : 300
- Code: 907845614
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 2.5 cm
- Weight: 700 grams
- List Price: £30.00
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