HPT is not a simple shedding of presentist perspectives: multiple selves of one learner intertwine with the target's perspective¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Protocol analysis shows a single learner engages the HPT target by shifting among multiple selves (now-self, hypothetical past self, imagined past self), whose perspectives the article describes as intertwined, contradicting a dichotomous learner-versus-target view. → Nilsen 2016

Evidence¶

Nilsen 2016¶

Nilsen, A. P. (2016). Navigating windows into past human minds: A framework of shifting selves in historical perspective taking. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 25, 372-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2016.1160830

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Qualitative analysis of Callie's response to Józefów Document A, in which she moved among hypothetical past self, now-self, and imagined past self while refining hypothesized feelings (betrayed, weird, sad, victimized, attacked). The article concludes "Multiple “Callie’s” engaged with the HPT target."

"Multiple “Callie’s” engaged with the HPT target and intertwined perspectives that were hypothetical, entertained as factual, and at the same time, reflective on the experience."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Imagining (imagined past self) may give learners a greater feeling of entry into a historical situation than hypothesizing
• The now-self functions as an anchor in HPT: participants began in now-self and frequently returned to it
• Shifts among self perspectives are locatable moments of learning in which the self develops and expands — a broader claim this one bears on
• All four participants used all four self perspectives, with rapid shifts among them during HPT — related
• Coding of self perspectives reached acceptable interrater agreement (89%, κ=.77) — related