Virtually Teachers

Virtually Teachers episode 16: a conversation with Mike Hill

June 03, 2021 David Hibbert, Rachel Lewin, Chloe Bateman, Simon Davies, Jacob Keet
Virtually Teachers
Virtually Teachers episode 16: a conversation with Mike Hill
Show Notes

0.00-0.41: Introduction 

0.41-24.26: introducing Mike and an exploration of his ideas on world building 

24.26-43.44 : a discussion about the 'knowledge turn' 

43.44-52.49: the tension between construction and deconstruction across a curriculum 

52.49-end: recommendations

Mike: People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami

Simon: get in the garden and the new book by Lionel Shriver

David: The Story of India by Michael Wood


You can find more of Mike's work here:
https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/9922/curating-the-imagined-past-world-building-in-the

https://intheoldendays.home.blog/2020/04/28/world-building-what-can-history-teachers-learn-from-imaginary-realms/