Date
5-2020
Document Type
Capstone Project (Open Access)
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Department
Social, Behavioral & Global Studies
Major
Social and Behavioral Science - Social History
First Advisor
Rebecca Bales
Second Advisor
Michell Figueroa
Abstract
History education is at a crossroads. The availability of information at our fingertips has the potential to change how the non-historian sees history and the other social sciences. This capstone researched ways the non-historian can utilize the changing face of history education by implementing the pragmatic methods of John Dewey’s education philosophy called instrumentalism. Principal issues discussed include the pros and cons of out-of-classroom history education, utilization of exploratory inquiry for research and the usefulness of primary sources for a historiography. To apply instrumentalism ideals and methods, I created a historiography about my ancestors and how their lives intertwined with United States’ history from the Civil War to the Dust Bowl era.
Recommended Citation
Sucgang, Lowellen, "My Family, Their History: Using Exploratory Inquiry & Pragmatic Methods to Learn History" (2020). Capstone Projects and Master's Theses. 877.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/caps_thes_all/877
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