Charting the Course: Challenges in Public History Education, Guidance for Developing Strong Public History Programs

Robert R. Weyeneth; Daniel J. Vivian

doi:10.1525/tph.2016.38.3.25

Charting the Course: Challenges in Public History Education, Guidance for Developing Strong Public History Programs

Robert R. Weyeneth, Daniel J. Vivian

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Abstract

Is there a crisis in public history education and employment today? Many experienced public historians believe there is. This article examines issues related to public history training and recent efforts by the National Council on Public History to improve the quality of graduate programs in the field through targeted advice to students and educators. It focuses on the thinking behind development of the new best practices document, "Establishing and Developing a Public History Program," which appears in full at the end of the article.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-49
Number of pages	25
Journal	Public Historian
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2016.38.3.25
State	Published - Aug 2016

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Keywords

Job crisis
Profession
Public history education
Public history employment
Training

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Conservation
History
Museology

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