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Chronological understanding
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Time does not organise itself
Threshold concept 1 |
Chronological understanding
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The development of chronological understanding is indispensable to developing knowledge and understanding of the past and should be an integral part of the History Threshold Concepts adopted by the department. It is suggested that a possible starting point for exploration of this History Threshold Concepts could be:
History is about the passing of time (chronology), but time doesn’t organise itself. Historians organise and shape units of time in order to construct meaning to encourage a sense of period. “Not to know what took place before you were born is to remain forever a child” (Cicero) “Periodization is indispensable to historical understanding of any kind” (Gordon Leff) |
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TH What's the wisdom on chronology?
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TH New Novice or Nervous?
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