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Title:
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THE WISDOM OF THE WOOD(S) PILOTING ELEARNING IN HISTORY EDUCATION (WITH REFERENCE TO FINNISH COMPULSORY BASIC EDUCATION) |
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Author(s):
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Ismo Pellikka, Saara Nissinen, Petteri Vanninen |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-24-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías and Bebo White |
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Year:
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2014 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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History teaching, e-learning, forests, experimental teaching, teacher education |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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363 |
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Last Page:
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366 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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The combination of eLearning and school history education is a new development. In this paper we wish to investigate and reinforce the link between eLearning and history education by providing a theoretical basis and by giving two Finnish examples of fresh and successful projects. These projects were designed for university students teachers. Our model of desing-oriented pedagogy consisted of 1) connecting the process with the pupils´ thinking and life questions; 2) tasks and questions guiding the process; 3) access to expert supervision, knowledge and help; 4) varied study of the phenomenon in question (both physical and cognitive studies); 5) group work and 6) sharing of the results and experiences. The learning projects were documented by students themselves and also by a graduate student who recorded the process by interviewing the students working in the project. The final product consits of two web pages with a variety of e-learning materials. According to the students´ written and oral reports they learned a new way of working together and exploiting each other´s skills and strenghts, they learned innovative ways of using ICT in their future work and they learned a lot about the past. And we all learned that ICT can really contribute to the teaching of history |
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