The Strengths and Limitations of Wikipedia in Teaching History of Education

Miquel Lara, A.; González Gómez, S.; Sureda Garcia, B.

dc.contributor.author	Miquel Lara, A.
dc.contributor.author	González Gómez, S.
dc.contributor.author	Sureda Garcia, B.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-08T10:46:36Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-08T10:46:36Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11201/167445
dc.description.abstract	[eng] Wikipedia is one of the most commonly used resources by universitystudents, often as a reference and source to write essays and assignments. This article aimsto analyse Wikipedia’s strengths and limitations in teaching history of education, basedon reference bibliography. It provides a critical examination of Wikipedia’s role in thecontext of public history and public uses of history. In turn, it looks at didactic experienceswith Wikipedia and, more specifically, those undertaken by historians or individuals withhistory training. Finally, it sets out a case study looking at students’ use of Wikipedia at theUniversity of the Balearic Islands on history of education subjects.
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dc.relation.ispartof	History of education & children literature, 2024, vol. 19, num.1, p. 111-129
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.classification	373 - Ensenyament primari i secundari
dc.subject.classification	37 - Educació. Ensenyament. Formació. Temps lliure
dc.subject.other	373 - Kinds of school providing general education
dc.subject.other	37 - Education
dc.title	The Strengths and Limitations of Wikipedia in Teaching History of Education
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dc.date.updated	2025-01-08T10:46:37Z
dc.subject.keywords	history of education
dc.subject.keywords	Public history
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess