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N. Gärtner / A. Körber – Hamburg University

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N. Gärtner / A. Körber – Hamburg University

‘Too many teachers are constantly thinking that if they had more time, resources and space they could make a difference.

For some teachers that could be true, but for most the last thing they need is more. They need different, and that’s what they struggle with.’

John Hattie in an Interview with TES, 2012

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Task-Based History Learning

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Factual Knowledge

High-Stakes Testing

Skills(Kompetenzen)

Life

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Acquiring and retaining factual knowledge about the past.

Acquiring and retaining a master narrative of historical events as a result of reading controversial source accounts.

Acquiring the skills to re- and deconstruct historical events in order to engage with the world around us.

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Task-Based History Learning

germanmemories

Room 7: ‘The Third Reich’

@ World History Museum.nyc

Your Task:

After the tremendous success of the Germanexhibition at the British Museum (see left),the World History Museum in New York Cityis planning its own exhibition aboutGerman history.

You are in charge of the photo exhibits in room 7, the one dedicated to the NS period.

The Bundesarchiv has provided you with photosabout different themes, but you don’t have enough space.

Pick one of the four images for every theme and justify to the curator why this one image

a) best represents the issue, and b) works best in this exhibition.

Theme 1: Adolf Hitler (1)

Theme 1: Adolf Hitler (2)

Mock Conference

Task: To organise all aspects of an academic conference about current historical research on the topic ‘the Rise of Authoritarian and Single Party States’ in Hamburg.

Mock Conference

Academically:NameThemeSummarySub-ThemesKeynotesCall for PapersPanels

Logistically:HostVenueConference WebsiteLogoCateringConference DinnerAccommodationBudget & FeesProgramme(Spouse Programme)

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Name & Theme

Von: Hohenlohe-SchillingsfürstAn: ReichskanzleiDatum: 9. April 1875

Nachricht: Offizielle Stellungnahme zu C. Rösslers Artikel in der Post?

From: Admiralty, Section Canton / Hong KongTo: HRH Privy CouncilDate: 24th March 1839

Message: Charles Elliot promises compensation for all Cohong confiscated opium

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‘The value of PBL is not easily documented (…). While I think almost all students (…) have received a broader , more relevant education than had they gone the traditional route, I suspect that this assertion is virtually impossible to prove.’

Kaufmann, A. (1985) Implementing Problem-Based Medical Education, Springer, NY, S. 262.

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‘Not only is unguided instruction normally less effective; there is also evidence that it may have negative results when students acquire misconceptions or incomplete or disorganized knowledge.’

Paul A. Kirschner , John Sweller & Richard E. Clark (2006) Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching, Educational Psychologist, 41:2, 75-86, p. 84.

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N. Gärtner / A. Körber – Hamburg University

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Questions? Ideas? Complaints?

niko.gaertner@hamburg.de