Teaching and Learning in History | Decoding The Ivory Tower

Old Dog, New Tricks, and SoTL: 50 Years of Progress

“I hope I didn't sound too much down on teaching. I enjoy it. And it is not a great deal of work right now. But it’s really not a…

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September 10, 2021

Decoding the Disciplines / Teaching and Learning in History / Teaching and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

Dumb Questions?

Readers of the February 2017 edition of The History Teacher must have been surprised to see an article by Leah Shopkow with the title “How Many Sources Do I…

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October 16, 2019

Decoding the Disciplines / Teaching and Learning in History / Teaching Strategies

Marx and Metaphors

I am going to say one word to you, and that word will change the entire way that you are looking at the material we are reading for class this…

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August 6, 2019

Decoding the Disciplines / Teaching and Learning in History / Teaching Strategies

A Game of Chess

I have never been very proficient at the art of chess. The one time that I tried to remedy this lack by reading a work on the subject the…

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July 8, 2019

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