As we come to the end of a very long term and the end of a very long year, Anne Hudson and Gabrielle Reddington share an important conversation. It will hopefully summarise messages received in 2020 and provide food for more thought as we unwind in the break and start to look ahead to 2021.... Continue Reading →
Reflections on the HA Conference 2020
Thanks to Gemma Hargraves (@History_Girls) for writing here about here takeaways from the HA Conference. The conference sessions will be online until 4th January 2021, so there is still time to catch-up on other sessions once the rush of term is ended. Now is actually a great time to learn We’re all tired, busy adapting... Continue Reading →
One Big History Department: history teachers assemble – finding my tribe as an early career teacher
Here Emma Bevan of Harrogate High School continues our blog series for teachers in the early years of their careers and shares her experience of working together to become better history teachers. I vividly remember the reminder bestowed to me and my PGCE cohort in one of our final sessions. It was an important reminder,... Continue Reading →
Getting excited about the HA online conference this month!
Sally Burnham of Carres School in Lincolnshire and the University of Nottingham PGCE team is getting excited about the forthcoming HA online conference. Here is share's her planned conference journey. What is yours? #OBHD Term 1 is finished and I am just catching my breath from one of the more challenging terms of my teaching... Continue Reading →
Nurturing history teachers and teaching in a time of Covid
Reflecting on the story so far... nurturing history teachers and teaching in the academic year 2020-21.
Teaching History for beginners… Disciplinary Concepts
Helen Snelson, Chair of HA Secondary Committee and PGCE History Tutor at the University of York, writes about the HA's upcoming webinar for beginning teachers and support to teach the disiciplinary concepts. David Ingledew, Head of Secondary ITE at the University of Hertfordshire, and myself have recorded a short intro to disciplinary concepts in the... Continue Reading →