22nd November 2024
Ewan Sargent, the Principal Teacher of Humanities at Aboyne Academy gave a fascinating talk on how History is currently taught, History being one of the Humanities. He explained the stages that young people pass through in their education, leading up to nationally approved qualifications at S4 to S6. At these later stages there is a range of topics that students taking History can cover, determined nationally. The school is free to choose from these categories – the choice to some extent depends on teacher specialisations. An example of a topic would be the Study of Queen Mary and the Reformation. We also learnt how on-line source material was being increasingly utilised. And, finally, we were invited to share information with the Academy for a project celebrating its opening 50 years ago. The school was officially opened in 1975, so the celebrations will be next year, 2025.