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Table 17. Mean FAT-HC scores of the observed lessons (maximum score = 4.00)
Teacher* Educational track
Lesson topic Students (n)
Students’ age
Mean
FAT-HC score** (SD)
Lisa 1. Senior general secondary education 2. Senior general secondary education
Renaissance 26 Western Colonialism 27 Cold War 30 Cold War 29 Second World War 28 Monotheism 26 Enlightenment 25 Democratic Revolutions 25
16-17 15-16 14-15 14-15 16-17 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16 15-16
1.98 (0.14) 1.97 (0.26) 1.89 (0.17) 1.87 (0.26) 1.93 (0.16) 1.83 (0.15) 1.96 (0.42) 1.80 (0.35) 1.87 (0.19) 1.71 (0.19) 1.76 (0.14) 1.73 (0.07) 1.75 (0.07) 1.74 (0.10) 1.66 (0.13) 1.65 (0.11)
Bob 1. Pre-university Education 2. Pre-university Education
Nick 1. Senior general secondary education 2. Senior general secondary education Kim 1. Senior general secondary education 2. Senior general secondary education Anna 1. Senior general secondary education
Dutch Republic Ancient Greece Investiture Controversy Late Middle Ages cities Second World War Alexander the Great Enlightenment
26 29 16 13 28 23 25 31
2. Pre-university Education
John 1. Senior general secondary education 2. Senior general secondary education Mark 1. Senior general secondary education
2. Pre-university Education
Dylan 1. Senior general secondary education 2. Senior general secondary education
Slavery Note. *Names are pseudonyms. **Mean score of five observers.
Table 18. Observers’ mean scores based on two lessons (maximum score =
4.00)
Teacher
Age
Years’ work experience
Lisa (SD) 45
22
Bob (SD) 63
41
Nick (SD) 43
17
Kim (SD) 27
1
Anna (SD) 30
5
John (SD) 60
37
Mark (SD) 34
8
Dylan (SD) 41
14
Mean category score (SD)
1. Reconstructing context
2. Reconstructing context (students) 3. Enhancing empathy
4. Enhancing empathy (students)
5. Contextualize to explain
6. Contextualize to explain (students) 7. No anachronisms / past as progress 8. Raising awareness of presentism
2.72 (0.39) 1.18 (0.30) 2.63 (0.58) 1.07 (0.14) 2.35 (0.52) 1.08 (0.17) 3.30 (0.63) 1.50 (0.28)
2.02 (0.25) 1.85 (0.22) 1.47 (0.39) 1.27 (0.47) 1.75 (0.43) 1.50 (0.49) 3.95 (0.16) 1.27 (0.26)
2.52 (0.28) 1.45 (0.30) 1.43 (0.39) 1.13 (0.17) 2.08 (0.43) 1.18 (0.27) 3.95 (0.16) 1.30 (0.25)
2.17 (0.46) 1.90 (0.38) 1.47 (0.48) 2.10 (1.28) 1.90 (0.49) 1.55 (0.55) 2.50 (1.05) 1.43 (0.50)
2.16 (0.34) 1.61 (0.33) 1.23 (0.27) 1.07 (0.14) 1.88 (0.43) 1.23 (0.28) 3.50 (1.00) 1.67 (0.69)
1.81 (0.22) 1.68 (0.25) 1.30 (0.29) 1.23 (0.35) 1.80 (0.31) 1.13 (0.21) 3.85 (0.24) 1.17 (0.24)
2.25 (0.33) 1.50 (0.20) 1.40 (0.21) 1.00 (0.00) 1.48 (0.32) 1.10 (0.18) 4.00 (0.00) 1.27 (0.21)
1.77 (0.25) 1.33 (0.36) 1.50 (0.59) 1.13 (0.23) 1.53 (0.30) 1.13 (0.27) 3.65 (0.94) 1.23 (0.35)
2.18 (0.33) 1.56 (0.25) 1.55 (0.45) 1.25 (0.35) 1.85 (0.28) 1.24 (0.18) 3.59 (0.50) 1.36 (0.17)
Mean FAT-HC score
1.98 (0.20)
1.88 (0.21)
1.88 (0.16)
1.88 (0.37)
1.79 (0.20)
1.75 (0.10)
1.75 (0.08)
1.66 (0.11)
1.82 (0.10)