History Education and the Construction of National Identities (Paperback)

How is history represented? As just a record of the past, as a part of a present identity or as future goals? This book explores how historical contents and narratives are presented in school textbooks and other cultural productions (museums, monuments, etc) and also how they are understood by students, in the context of increasing globalization. In these contemporary conditions, the relation between history learning processes, in and out of school, and the construction of national identities presents an ever more important topic. It is being studied by looking at the appropriation of historical narratives, which are frequently based on the official history of a nation state. Most of the chapters in this volume are educational studies about how the learning of history takes place in school settings of different countries such as Canada, France, Germany, Latin America, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Covering such a broad sample of cultural and national contexts, they provide a rich reflection on history as a subject related to patriotism, cosmopolitanism, both or neither.

General

Imprint:	Information Age Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Mario Carretero • Mikel Asensio • Maria Rodriguez Moneo
Dimensions:	156 x 235 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	275
ISBN-13:	978-1-61735-935-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject
LSN:	1-61735-935-1
Barcode:	9781617359354

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