PGCE History Book List
University of The West of England
You ought to own some or all of these:
(bold ones are best as first purchases n.b. Some AlSO AVAILABLE IN OUR LIBRARY AS E-TEXT)
Arthur and Philips (Eds) (2000) Issues In History Teaching London: Routledge
Capel S, Leask M and Turner T (2009) Learning to teach in the Secondary School 5th Edition
London: Routledge Falmer (CORE TEXT FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES)
Chapman, A. and Cooper, H.Constructing History 11-19 London: Sage
Davies P.; Davies R.; and Lynch D. (2002) Enlivening Secondary History: 40 Practical
Classroom Activities
Ginnis, Paul (2001) Teacher's Toolkit: Raise Classroom Achievement with Strategies for Every
Learner Glamorgan: Crown House
Hayden et al (1997) Learning to teach History in the Secondary School, London: Routledge
Hayden T. and Counsell C. (Eds.) (2002) History, ICT and Learning London: Routledge-Falmer
Hunt, M. (Editor) Sept 2006 A Practical Guide to Teaching History in the Secondary School.
London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Laffin Diana and Counsell Christine (2009) Better Lessons in A Level History (History In
Practice) London: Hodder
Phillips Ian (2008) Teaching History: Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher. London:
Sage
Other
texts worth reading
Arthur et al (2001) Citizenship Through Secondary History London: Routledge-Falmer
Bage Grant (1999) Narrative Matters: Teaching and Learning History through Story London:
Falmer Press
Beardsley G. with Harnett P. (1998) Exploring Play in the Primary School
Bourdillon Hilary (1994) Teaching History Buckingham: Open University
Claire H. (1996) Reclaiming Our Pasts: Equality and Diversity in the Primary History Curriculum
London: Trentham
Cooper H. (2002) History in the Early Years London: Routledge-Falmer
Counsell C. (1997) Analytical and Discursive at Writing at Key Stage Three London: Historical
Association
Davies I. (Ed.) (2000) Teaching The Holocaust: Principles and Practice London: Continuum
Fines J. and Nichol J. (1997) Teaching Primary History Oxford: Heinemann
Fisher P. (2002) Thinking Through History Cambridge: Chris Kington
Fryer P. (1984)Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain London: Pluto Press
Furlong J. and Maynard T. (1995) Mentoring School Teachers London: Routledge
Jones R.l (1999) Teaching Racism or Tackling It? Multicultural Stories from White Beginning
Teachers London: Trentham
Marriott G. (2001) Observing Teachers at Work London: Heinemann
May S. (1994) Making Multicultural Education Work Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Pendry et al (1998) History Teachers In The Making Buckingham: Open University Press:
Phillips Robert (1988) History Teaching, Nationhood and the State: A Study in Educational Politics.
London: Cassell
Potter J.(2002) Active Citizenship In Schools London: CSV
Scher A. and Verrall C. (1975) 100+ Ideas for Drama London: Heinemann
Stern J. (1999) Developing as a teacher of History Cambridge: Chris Kington
Tilstone C. (Ed.) (1998) Observing Teaching and Learning: Principles and Practice London: Fulton
Turner. A. (2002) Access to History London: Fulton
Ur. P. and Wright A. (1992) Five Minute Activities Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
and on Britishness/Englishness and Citizenship
Bragg, Billy (2007) The Progressive Patriot. London: Black Swann
Brown, Gordon, and Ancona, Matthew (2009) Being British: the Search for the Values that Bind
the Nation. London: Mainstream Publishing
Paxman, Jeremy. (2001) The English: Portrait of a People. London: Penguin
Winder, R.(2005) Bloody Foreigners. London: Abacus.
Ramdin R. (1999) Re-imaging Britain, 500 years of Black and Asian History London: Pluto
And you should be reading the Education pressespecially the Times Education Supplement (Fridays)
in your local library