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Old 10-05-2012, 03:56 PM   #133
Sheldonrs
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
...I'm currently teaching historical skills and historiography to 1st year undergrads, and one of the first things they learn is that, unlike at school and college, the texts they read are not to be treated as unassailable fact. They are not to be approached in the same way as a school text book, where the word on the page is what you learn to be true.
Does this scare anyone else?
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