'Stepping into other people's shoes': teaching and assessing empathy in the Secondary History Curriculum

The concept of empathy has re-appeared in professional discourse about history teaching. The authors offer a conceptual analysis of this problematic concept, re-visit the objections raised in the 1980s and 90s and conclude that it is a valuable aim for history teaching today. Problems and objections...

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Main Authors: Harris, Richard (Author), Foreman-Peck, Lorraine (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2004-07.
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