Promoting, Developing and Sustaining Good History Learning and Teaching

Abstract

History, in addition to developing students' knowledge and research skills, fulfils a social function, providing a framework for teaching young people about their place in the world. To avoid History is to block out the big social, political, and economic questions of the day. Ignorance, apathy and incompetence can remove essential checks on government, but a well-informed public helps to ensure that decisions are made in the interests of all.' It is the duty of teachers of History to enlighten, to actively engage a wide range of students with ideas, values and ethics.