Personalizing the Past: A Review of Literature with Implications for Historical Interpretation.

Silverman, Lois H.

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ERIC Number: EJ565729

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Publication Date: 1997

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Personalizing the Past: A Review of Literature with Implications for Historical Interpretation.

Silverman, Lois H.

Journal of Interpretation Research, v2 n1 p1-12 Win 1997

Recent research suggests three major realms of experience from which visitors draw schemata that inform meaning-making at heritage sites: (1) associations with and knowledge of history; (2) experiences and behavior regarding the past in everyday life; and (3) expectations of and behavior at heritage sites. Presents three strategies for empirically driven historical interpretation. Contains 29 references. (Author/PVD)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Historic Sites, Historical Interpretation, Life Events, Museums, Relevance (Education), Schemata (Cognition), Social History, Student Interests

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Language: English

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