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HERJ, an international, diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the global significance and impact of history education. Published by UCL Press @ https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj
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Authors Smets and Euser discuss their article on the HERJ blog, part of the HERJ series on History Education Beyond the Classroom, the authors explore emerging technologies in museum exhibits and how this is reshaping art and history education in museums:
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Reimagining the Past: The Role of Immersive Learning Experiences in History Education
Museums are undergoing a transformation that has profound implications for history education. Our research article, “A Comparative Case Study of Two Immersive Learning Experiences in Museums”, provide...
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July 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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On the HERJ blog, authors Jamie Wood and Marcus Collins discuss the motivations behind this survey and what implications their findings can have on the #HE sector.

Read 'Teaching History in HE during the pandemic and beyond' here:
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Teaching History in HE during the pandemic and beyond
In the year or so after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, History teaching in UK higher education was transformed, as lectures and seminar were shifted online, fieldtrips became impossibl...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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In 'Post-pandemic pedagogy' authors report on findings of a survey of >500 history lecturers and students. The results are fascinating. Read more in this #OpenAccess HERJ publication:

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Post-pandemic pedagogy: experiences of learning and teaching history before, during and after Covid-19
This article presents and analyses the findings of a nationwide survey of history staff and students conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic. More than five hundred respondents from nearly fifty univer...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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On the HERJ blog, the authors discuss their research and the implications on the history classroom for quality professional development specifically designed for history teachers:
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Burden of Benefit: Is Professional Development Beneficial in the History Classroom?
Since the increased emphasis on high-stakes testing in the United States, school administrators have prioritized professional development to enhance content knowledge and teaching methods in the class...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM