I began writing blogs to procrastinate wildly in face of a looming article deadline. Now the deadline’s far too close to ignore! Won’t be any new posts for a while but thanks everyone for your kind and constructive feedback. Below is a recap of the posts if you’re interested.
What historiography might teach us about teachers indulging in lazy comparisons to Nazism. jcarrollhistory.com/2017/10/23/pro…
What happens when even trained historians try ‘evaluating’ historical interpretations without a critical mass of substantive knowledge and what this might reveal about ‘skills-based’ approaches to ‘interpretations’ jcarrollhistory.com/2017/11/04/wha…
Why the sentence starters ‘I believe’, ‘in my opinion’, and ‘I think’ contradict the foundations of the discipline of history. jcarrollhistory.com/2017/11/17/i-b…
Why ‘explaining’ writing frames such as ‘so’, ‘therefore’ and ‘because’ might stunt students’ scope for causal historical argument. jcarrollhistory.com/2017/12/01/don…
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