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Edexcel The Transformation of Surgery c1845-c1918 (A Unit 3 Source Enquiry)
An SHP Source Enquiry for Edexcel Unit 3
Ian Dawson, Dale Banham, Dan Lyndon

Paperback
£7.99

ISBN: 9781444117356
Published: 25/06/2010
Extent: 48 pages
Illustrations: Full colour throughout
Series: SHPS


 
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Sample material
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Summary:
The series: SHP Smarter History is the new approach to GCSE from the Schools History Project. It offers interesting lessons and comprehensive content plus step by step coaching in exam skills – using SHP’s Exam Buster approach. This is the best of both worlds from the experts who know what good teaching is about and also know what the SHP specifications are all about.


Edexcel The transformation of Surgery c1845-1918 is an authoritative new book from the Schools History Project for Edexcel's Unit 3 Source Enquiry examining how and why surgery changed in the later 19th century (how the triple problems of pain, infection and bleeding were overcome). It covers the relevant requirements of the Edexcel specification: but delivers them in the context of a motivating, enquiry led approach to ensure that your courses are interesting and motivating to teach yet still deliver good results for your students.

At every relevant stage through the book 'ExamBuster' features ('Meet the Examiner' and 'Smarter Revision') help blend exam preparation with historical learning so that by the end of the course students understand not only the period and its issues but also how they will be expected to think and write about this for the examination.

Key features of Smarter History
- varied pace and style of learning which is essential to keep your students motivated over a long period.

- activities that fire student's curiosity about the issues and lively text that engages directly with GCSE students
- engaging exam preparation techniques that have been thoroughly trialled in real schools with real pupils
- written by experienced teachers and backed by the leading curriculum development body for history - the Schools History Project - who are the architects of the SHP approach


  • Source enquiry from the experts: SHP are the acknowledged experts in source-based enquiry
  • A flexible approach: unlike Edexcel's own publishing SHP have by popular demand made each source enquiry available as a separate publication so centres can combine any source enquiry with any development study
  • Motivating teaching and learning: well-planned tasks and fascinating issues ensure that students will be engaged in real historical enquiry and not just drilled for an exam.
  • Thorough exam preparation:'Smarter Revision' helps students to build their understanding of a topic step by step; 'Meet the examiner' unpacks examination questions and shows how students can improve their answers
  • SHP support the teaching of the SHP specifications through regular INSET and training events including a National Conference open to all


Table of Contents:
Part 1: Introduction: Setting up your enquiry
Why do enquiry?
Why study surgery?
The big picture: surgery through time
How had surgeons tried to solve their three big problems?
Enquiry exam
significant?
Meet the Examiner: The Source Enquiry
Part 2: Which Surgical breakthrough was the most important?
What was surgery like in the early 1800s
Why were the problems of surgery overcome?
Breakthrough 1: Anaesthetics
Breakthrough 2: Antiseptics
Breakthrough 3: Blood transfusions
of surgery?
breakthrough?


About the Author(s):
Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of the website thinkinghistory.co.uk which is pioneering work on active learning in History. He is an experienced and influental author on both the History of Medicine and on Historical enquiry in schools.

Dale Banham is Humanities adviser in Suffolk and the pioneer of SHP's Exam Busters approach

Dan Lyndon is an experienced teacher of Edexcel's Medicine specification.


Reviews:

The text is clear and broken up with colourful images/boxes/pictures. All this offers a lively presentation of ideas which should hold the interest of students. The use of graphic cartoons and dramatic episodes will serve to grab attention.


 


As noted before, there is great strength in the active learning promoted. The process of answering exam questions is clearly demonstrated and students are directly involved in completing charts, etc.



The practical suggestions in the ‘how to’ sections are particularly good. All can use the inner and outer boxes to use sources. This is also a clear way of showing the levels of thinking/answers as well.



Other good ideas are the clear stages to be followed in preparing an answer and the warnings given. This book clearly promotes good practice.


This is an excellent book for exam preparation for Unit 3A (and indeed for any of the source based enquiries).
Edexcel's Quality Assurance review of this title


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