Abstract
The main purpose of this research evolved from the publication of S. W. Bauer Well-educated mind, a study of the significance of new methods of teaching history course. Bauer (2003) argues that the grammarian approach of simple recognition and memorization removes students from reading primary sources. This theory suggests a new methodology for the instructors and students through the three-stage process of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric preparation with aid of primary sources or “great books list”. This paper supports Bauer’s thesis and provides evidence through extensive interviews that indeed this concept of pedagogy is present in Southern California schools.
DOI
10.5642/lux.201303.17
Recommended Citation
Stanek, Tomasz B.
(2013)
"Susan Bauer's 2003 Theory of Well-Educated Mind: Could the Classical Approach to Teaching History Work in Southern California History K12 Classrooms?,"
LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University:
Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 17.
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/lux/vol3/iss1/17
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