#2 OERProject and History Teaching with Prof Bob Bain

Prof Bob Bain joins us, probably one of the biggest names in history teaching. This conversation brought a whole new dimension to what effective history teaching should look like.

Questions we set out to answer:

Does Bob Bain play the guitar?Why are all historians, in essence, teachers?The power of that ONE inspirational history teacher/lecturerWhy in the world would anyone want to study history?What is the purpose of situating the present in the context of the past?How do we deal with different accounts of the past?What is the OERProject all about?How is the OERProject different from typical MOOCs?How did the OERProject come about?What is the difference between Big History, World History or Global History?How does scale influence our understanding of the past?How do we link all the ways in which historians write history?What is the importance of scale switching?Does Big History move beyond the scope of history itself?"Bain's Hall" as a thinking tool in the history classWhy are claim testers central to the OERProject?How should history content/skills be assessed?How can history teachers be more innovative?Why should we be more mindful of employing thinking tools in the history classroom?Bob's favourite history booksBob's motivational words for history teachers

Books mentioned: "The Idea of History" by RG Collingwood and "Historians' Fallacies" by David Hackett Fischer.

Visit the OERProject at www.oeproject.com and find Prof Bob Bain on Twitter @bain_bob.

Please send your comments and suggestions to @WilliamHPalk or @C_duPlessis on Twitter.

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