by royalhistsoc | 07 Dec 2020 | Teaching Portal: For Teachers
History is about opinion, judgement and (often) getting beyond monolithic assumptions about ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. At the same time, the classroom should be a safe and ethical place for the exchange of views and a space that is marked by respect, sensitivity and...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers
Teaching in most HEIs next academic year will be conducted with at least some Covid-19-related restrictions in place. In this second post for the Teaching Portal considering low-tech materials for online teaching, Dr Mary Morrissey, Associate Professor in Early Modern...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers
In this guest post, the first of two looking at low-tech materials for online teaching, Dr Mary Morrissey, Associate Professor in Early Modern English Literature at the University of Reading, offers advice to teachers about the different teaching materials to use to...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: For Teachers, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules
In this post Dr Marcus Collins, Senior Lecturer in Cultural History at the University of Loughborough, shares his knowledge and experience of teaching the course ‘Understanding History’, a compulsory module for second-year undergraduates which aims to...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers
In July 2018, Professor Julie Anderson, Professor of Modern History at the University of Kent, was the first winner of the Royal Historical Society’s Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History. Here she provides an account of her...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers
We should not assume that others interact with the digital world in the same way as we do ourselves. In this post Dr Andrew Smith and Dr Mary Morrissey consider the challenges that many students encounter when required to engage with online teaching. As noted by...