The Crisis in History: Its Pedagogical Implications.

Fitch, Nancy

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Crisis in History: Its Pedagogical Implications.

Fitch, Nancy

Historical Methods, v21 n3 p104-11 Sum 1988

Discusses the problems of quantitative social history during the 1970s, stating that if properly taught, quantitative social history could and should play a central role in contemporary education by integrating science, business, and the humanities. Presents a syllabus for a course entitled "Work, Technology, and Society" and examines the future of computers in teaching history. (GEA)

Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, History Instruction, Social History, Statistical Analysis

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