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Fieldwork to Enhance Secondary History Education: A Enthusiast's Perspective

Explore the benefits and examples of fieldwork in secondary history education, such as visits to historical sites like York Castle Museum and Omaha Beach. Discover how fieldwork supports independent inquiry, reflective learning, and team-working, while fostering citizenship skills. Learn about the conditions for successful fieldwork and its role in historical learning across different grade levels. Fieldwork promotes learning by firing the imagination, promoting independence, and deepening understanding.

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Fieldwork to Enhance Secondary History Education: A Enthusiast's Perspective

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  1. Fieldwork to promote historical learning in secondary education An enthusiast’s view!

  2. Fieldwork – more chance to explore!

  3. Some examples… • Diverse experiences of World War Two at York Castle Museum. • Changes over 100 years in a York street. • Cause and consequence learning walk up Omaha beach.

  4. Such as: • Independent enquiry • Reflective learning • Team-working • Self-management • Participation as a citizen

  5. Conditions for successful fieldwork • Excellent organisation and risk management. • Must fit your learners’ needs. • Be embedded into a scheme of work. • Have assessable outcomes.

  6. Further illustration • Year 7 studying diverse experiences of York at the start of the 20th century. • Year 11 and A level students study Cold War Berlin. • PGCE history students fieldwork preparing Year7-8 fieldwork on church and state power in the Medieval England.

  7. Fieldwork promotes learning because it builds connections by… • Firing the imagination. • Promoting independence. • Engaging and enthusing. • Deepening and broadening understanding. • Making the discipline explicit, without over simplification. Esp. those knotty concepts, such as historical interpretations.

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