Threshold concept 3 |
cause and consequence |
Causes and consequences form a complex web
Threshold concept 3 |
cause and consequence |
In a nutshell. What is causal and consequential reasoning?The development of the historical second order concept of causation and consequence to 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 events linking together and leading to others in a ripple effect (Causation and Consequence) but there is always more than one, they sometimes link together and can vary in their importance. “Historians have discovered how difficult historical explanation became once the traditional method of “subject observes a clearly defined reality” was abandoned in favour of “subject observes a reality at least partially constructed in the process of observing””” (Ernst Breisach) This is an area which as received a plethora of pedagogical consideration by the history teaching community. In respect of thinking through the second order concept causation the HA Website communicates that: |
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TH What's the wisdom on causation and consequence?
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TH New Novice or Nervous?
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