Potential of site-based study tours as an effective professional development method to foster teacher understanding of historical thinking

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dc.contributor.advisorSears, Alan
dc.contributor.authorSeward, A. Blake
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:28:58Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2022-10-21T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractThe War and the Canadian Experience: Teachers’ Professional Development Tour in France and Belgium is a two week intensive site-based learning opportunity for teachers across Canada. To determine if this site-based study tour represents an effective learning opportunity, a case study was conducted with fifteen teachers from across Canada who participated in one tour. Three sets of semi-structured interviews were individually conducted with interview questions were structured around the relationship between activities and assignments and the concepts of historical thinking. As well, data was collected as teachers participated in seminars, small group exercises and large group discussions. Teachers were also required to complete pre, during and post-tour assignments. The results demonstrated that teachers began to connect content with the concepts of historical thinking. After the tour, teachers adopted many of the concepts as part of their teaching practice in elementary and secondary schools. This example of intensive site-based learning represents effective professional development for teachers to understand and implement historical processes for historical thinking.
dc.description.copyright© A. Blake Seward, 2016
dc.description.note"Masters of Education" on pdf, changed to "Master of Education"
dc.description.noteM.Ed. University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Education, 2016.
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dc.format.extentx, 192 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclcOCLC# 1348395722
dc.identifier.otherThesis 9715
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13944
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEducation
dc.subject.lcshProfessional development for teachers.
dc.subject.lcshSchool-based management -- Canada -- Case studies.
dc.subject.lcshEducation--History--Case studies.en
dc.subject.lcshEducation--History--Study and teaching.en
dc.titlePotential of site-based study tours as an effective professional development method to foster teacher understanding of historical thinking
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Education
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.Ed.

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