This area has been created to support anyone involved in the training of history teachers. Although the primary audience is history PGCE co-ordinators, both in universities and schools, it will also be of interest to school-based subject mentors. The creation of this website has been overseen by the Historical Association and is funded by the Training Development Agency. Its authors are all highly experienced in the field of history education.
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Introduction
HISTORY IN INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING (HITT) is aimed at those preparing trainee teachers. Its principal purpose is to identify the key issues affecting the...
Primary HITT Unit 1
Module Why story telling is important in primary history Thirty year 6 children sat in a trance like state as the Story-Teller held their rapt attention. For over...
Primary HITT Unit 2
Module Teacher trainers face many challenges in tackling the issue of inclusive history teaching. Many student teachers (and many ITE tutors) may not have formally...
Primary HITT Unit 3
ModuleThis unit is concerned with the way that primary age pupils can make use of their own personal, family and local history to make sense of the world in which...
Primary HITT Unit 4
Module RATIONALE: This unit is concerned with the way that children's learning takes place in history. Without understanding the progression, it becomes impossible...

