The Best is History: Is history the best subject?
Education Sense28 Helmi 2024

The Best is History: Is history the best subject?

In episode 5 of season 2, David and Ross are joined by Rebecca Kennedy de Lorenzini to discuss the question, 'Is history the best subject?' Our working title 'The best is history' riffs off the popular UK-based podcast The Rest is History, a far grander and more established purveyor of fine historical discussion than us: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786

However, we think you'll agree, once you've listened to this 47-minute episode, that the historical discussion on offer here is as good as any you'll find. We have educational thinking, historical philosophy and a few grisly anecdotes thrown in for good measure!

Rebecca is a history teacher at an independent day and boarding school in California, a former history and interdisciplinary humanities professor, and an expert on the cultural history of the African Diaspora.

Ross is a housemaster at a leading independent boarding school in Scotland. He is also a former Head of History with over a decade’s experience teaching the subject to Common Entrance and Scholarship. Whilst he is currently in the Geography department, perhaps once a history teacher always a history teacher is as true a saying as any?

You can find out more about Adam Frost's work, mapping and digitally documenting sites and collections here: https://www.engineshed.scot/about-us/teams/digital-documentation-and-innovation/

If you liked this episode, please leave us a review on Apple, Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your pods. You can email us at therestiseducation@gmail.com and also find us on LinkedIn and (sometimes) Instagram.

The Rest is Education is a small, not-for-profit podcast run by three teachers. Thank you for listening and for supporting us with your time. We appreciate it so much and each download is an encouragement to us to keep recording and making episodes.

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