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26TEACHING HISTORY 105 © TheHistoricalAssociation VaughanClark VaughanClarkteacheshistoryatThomasTallisSchool (11-18comprehensive),Greenwich,London. Illuminating the shadow: making progress happen in causal thinking through speaking and listening Here is... More

26TEACHING HISTORY 105 © TheHistoricalAssociation VaughanClark VaughanClarkteacheshistoryatThomasTallisSchool (11-18comprehensive),Greenwich,London. Illuminating the shadow: making progress happen in causal thinking through speaking and listening Here is another breath of fresh air from the Thomas Tallis history department. In TH 103, Head of Department Tony Hier showed how he developed a rigorous framework for implementing government initiatives and improving departmental professional discourse at the same time. This time, from history teacher Vaughan Clark, we get a detailed, practical account of how he develops pupils’ causal reasoning. Vaughan lights the way with distinctive personal vision and plenty of subject passion. He also drives a bus through simplistic polarities. On the one hand, one might say that he uses speaking and listening not as some counterweight to writing, but in direct and systematic support of it. Yet it would be equally true to say that whilst he draws Less