About Us
THEN/HiER is the first pan-Canadian organization devoted to promoting—and improving—history teaching and learning by bringing together the multiple and varied constituencies involved in history education: academic historians; public historians in museums, archives and historic sites; practicing teachers; researchers based in faculties of education; and curriculum policy makers. Our goal is to create more research-informed practice (from kindergarten to graduate school) and more practice-informed research through dialogue among these various communities.
THEN/HiER shares offices with the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. We collaborate in CSHC projects such as Benchmarks of Historical Thinking. Please visit CSHC’s website at http://www.cshc.ubc.ca/.
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THEN/HiER Goals
1. Create a more robust history education research culture in Canada. more ...
2. Improve history education policy across Canada. more ...
3. Improve history education practice. more ...
4. Develop research-informed assessment of history learning. more ...
5. Provide advocacy. more ...
Background
The History Education Network/Histoire et Éducation en Réseau (THEN/HiER), formed in 2005, brings together an interdisciplinary, multi-professional group interested in history education. The Network’s organizational meetings were funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Strategic Research Cluster Design program. Meetings of the Network encouraged a fruitful dialogue among participants and resulted in a series of recommendations designed to increase enrollments in history (at the secondary and tertiary levels), promote historical consciousness, heighten understanding of collective heritage, and improve communication between teachers and historians. The early work of the Network laid the foundations for a proposal to the SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Clusters Grant program in 2006, and a second and ultimately successful proposal to the SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Clusters Grant program in 2007.
Featured Content
New publication! Tony Taylor (National Centre for History Education, Monash University) has recently published Denial: History Betrayed (Melbourne University Press).
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THEN/HiER draws from the support several partner organizations in fulfilling its mandate to promote collaboration and knowledge-building in the field of history education in Canada.
Executive Board Member BiographiesTHEN/HiER’s Executive Board includes faculty members, graduate students, and other professionals working in the diverse fields of history education, historical research, public history and museology.
Executive Board Member PublicationsExecutive Board Member Publications Since 2007
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The place for information for graduate students in fields related to history and history education in Canada.
Member ProfilesTHEN/HiER members come from a variety of backgrounds with a range of interests in history education. You also register to become a member, and search for members using different criteria, such as the institution they are associated with or their research interests.