von Heyking, Amy

Professeure agrégée, University of Lethbridge

Amy von Heyking est professeure agrégée à la Faculty of Education à l’University of Lethbridge en Alberta. Ses intérêts de recherche incluent l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de l’histoire dans les écoles primaires, et l’histoire des programmes scolaires. Elle a publié des articles dans Canadian Journal of Education, History of Education Quarterly, Revue d’histoire de l’éducation et Canadian Social Studies. Elle a rédigé Creating Citizens: History and Identity in Alberta’s Schools, 1905 to 1980 (University of Calgary Press 2006). Elle a contribué à The Anthology of Social Studies: Issues and Strategies for Elementary Teachers (2008) dont les rédacteurs en chef étaient Penney Clark et Roland Case. Elle a rédigé et révisé de nombreux manuels pour l'enseignement des sciences humaines au primaire dont quatre volumes de Teaching with Dear Canada et la série Social Studies Through Literature pour les Éditions Scholastic Canada. Elle est membre du Comité éditorial de Canadian Social Studies.

Les projets de recherche de la professeure von Heyking incluent une enquête faite en classe sur la nature et le développement de l’empathie historique des enfants ainsi qu’une étude historique des programmes scolaires albertains basés sur la foi.

 

Publications depuis 2007

Becoming a History Teacher: Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing, edited by Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

With Ruth Sandwell. "Introduction" and "Conclusion." In Becoming a History Teacher: Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing, edited by Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking, 3-10, 313-20. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

"Canadian History for Teachers: Integrating Content and Pedagogy in Teacher Education." In Becoming a History Teacher: Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing, edited by Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking, 91-111. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

“Children’s Perspectives on the Past: Possibilities and Challenges.” Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens (Spring 2014): 49-54.

“Selling Progressive Education to Albertans, 1935-53.” In Schooling in Transition: Readings in Canadian History of Education, edited by S. Burke and P. Milewski, 340-54. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012.

"Representations of 'Britishness' in Twentieth Century English-Canadian Schools." In Britishness, Identity and Citizenship: The View from Abroad, edited by A. Mycock and C. McGlynn, 191-211. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2011.

"Historical Thinking in Elementary Education: A Review of the Research." In New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada, edited by Penney Clark, 175-94. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.

"Historical Thinking in the Elementary Years." In The Anthology of Social Studies: Issues and Strategies for Elementary Teachers, edited by Roland Case and  Penney Clark, 99-107. Vancouver: Pacific Educational Press, 2008.

Teaching with Dear Canada, vol. 4. Markham: Scholastic, 2008.

"Fostering a Provincial Identity: Two Eras in Alberta Schooling." Canadian Journal of Education 29(4) (2007): 1-30.

"Matt McCauley." In Dictionary of Canadian Biography On-line, http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=42413&query=mccauley, 2007.