Ndifreke Eyo. A short summary of this paper. The study of history of education helps teachers in training to appreciate the various aspects of their past educational process so as to link them to the present; 2.
It enables teachers in training to know what type of education we had and the purpose it served in the past; 3. It gives teachers in training the opportunity of knowing our past mistakes in our education with the view to making necessary amends; 4. It also gives teachers in training a solid foundation to plan for our present and future educational development; 6.
It helps teachers in training to understand some major trends and developments in our educational system; 8. It helps teachers in training to formulate and implement better philosophies of education; 9. History of education is a good academic exercise to improve teachers in training knowledge; It widens the scope and knowledge of the teacher and makes him more comfortable and competent in his class; Knowledge of history of education can help teachers in training to be competent in handling any political appointment on education, nationally or internationally.
Your task as a historian is to make and justify decisions about the relative veracity of historical texts and portions of them. The key is to think about the material being presented and to connect it to other material you have covered. To evaluate secondary sources, we will have to explore the following parts of the text or artefact by following these steps: 1. Structure: First read and think about the title -- what does it promise for the book or article?
Then, if you have a book in hand, look at the table of contents: this is the "menu" that reveals the structure of the work. You can use this as your outline for your notes or create your own brief outline. Thesis: Always read a secondary source from the outside - read a book's foreword and introduction or the article's first paragraph or two ; then read the conclusion or epilogue. Ask yourself what the author's thesis might be and check it against your outline to see how the argument has been structured.
Argument: Continue to read the source from the outside in. Then skim through the chapters, taking cues as to which paragraphs are most important from their topic sentences. It is up to us to judge which passages are more important based on what we know so far about the book's themes and arguments. Highlight passages that seem to be especially relevant by placing them on note-cards or making margin notes.
Your notations should include your reactions to those passages: is it a good piece of evidence for the author's argument or is a particular statement valid or credible?
The idea here is to evaluate the logic of the argument and the base of resources on which the author relies. Resources: Read the footnotes!
They are the nuts and bolts of history writing. When we come across a particularly interesting or controversial passage, watch to see what is cited. What primary sources has the historian used? Have they been used effectively? Are the sources credible or reliable? How does the use of the sources influence the kinds of arguments made? What other sources might have been used? Motives: Why did the author write the book?
What political and cultural institutions or events might have had an impact on the author's reason for writing this source? What ongoing historiographical discussion e. Understanding the ways historians construct their arguments is essential to writing good history papers. The results of that test case may reinforce the broad interpretation, require its modification, or negate it entirely. The Primary, Secondary and tertiary sources make the event more accessible. Oral sources help in reconstructing the past and in preserving and documenting the culture.
As in the case of any other trade, tools are very important to shape the historical sources. Hence the evaluation of historical sources makes Historiography more resourceful and authentic.
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Man : evidently man and human nature. There are many different elements in history. What are they? Evidently again, the elements of human nature. History is therefore the development of humanity, and of humanity only; for nothing else but humanity develops itself, for nothing else than humanity is free. We draw from the nature of these different elements, if not all their possible relations, at least their general and fundamental relations.
Journal entry of December, Our neighbours are occupied with employments of infinite diversity. Some are intent on commercial speculations; some engage warmly in political contention; some are found all day long at their books … This dates from January - February, There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.
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