'I Need to Know…': Creating the Conditions That Make Students "Want" Knowledge

• Published in: Teaching history (London) no. 173; pp. 32 - 39
• Main Author: Bateman, Chloe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Historical Association 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Fiction; Foreign Countries; History Instruction; Information Seeking; Learner Engagement; Medieval History; Secondary School Students; Story Telling; Student Research; Teaching Methods; Text Structure; Writing Instruction; Writing Processes; United Kingdom (England)

Chloe Bateman recognised the value to her Key Stage 3 pupils of developing rich subject knowledge, but wanted to find a way of encouraging them to value that knowledge for themselves. In this article she explains how she provided that inspiration by setting her Year 7 class the challenge of writing...