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History Wars and the Classroom - Global Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
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History Wars and the Classroom - Global Perspectives (Hardcover, New)
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ABOUT THE BOOK The book is entitled History Wars and the Classroom:
Global Perspectives and examines how ten separate countries have
experienced debates and disputes over the contested nature of the
subject, for example the 'Black Armband' and 'Whitewash' factions
in Australia who adopt opposingly celebratory or denigratory views
of Australian history, especially when evaluating episodes of poor
racial relations. There are also tensions between
traditional/patriotic views of history teaching and reformed or
'new' history. There are issues of political control of the
curriculum and parallel issues of who writes it (very topical in
England at the moment over two expat 'big picture' historians who
work at Harvard and Columbia (Niall Ferguson and Simon Schama)).
ENDORSEMENTS: "An important collection for anyone seeking to
understand the incendiary nature of the history curriculum across
the globe." Sam Wineburg, Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and
History, Stanford University, USA. "A powerfully and impressively
wide-ranging collection of essays, which vividly remind us that the
debates on the teaching of history are global rather than merely
national". Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History,
Princeton University, USA. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements.
Introduction, Tony Taylor and Robert Guyver. Preface Peter Seixas.
Legacies, Ruptures and Inertias: History in the Argentine School
System, Maria Paula Gonzalez. Under Siege from Right and Left: A
Tale of the Australian School History Wars, Tony Taylor. "We Were
Allowed to Disagree, Because We Couldn't Agree on Anything":
Seventeen Voices in Canadian Debates over History Education, Ruth
Sandwell. Controversiality and Consciousness: Contemporary History
Education in Germany, Sylvia Semmet. Denial in the Classroom:
Political Origins of the Japanese Textbook Controversy, Tony
Taylor. "Little Is Taught or Learned in Schools": Debates over the
Place of History in the New Zealand School Curriculum. Mark
Sheehan. Transforming Images of Nation-Building: Ideology and
Nationalism in History School Textbooks in Putin's Russia,
2001-2010, Joseph Zajda. Dealing with a Reign of Virtue: The
Post-Apartheid South African School History Curriculum, Rob
Sieborger. The History Working Group and Beyond: A Case Study in
the UK's History Quarrels, Robert Guyver. Wars and Rumors of War:
The Rhetoric and Reality of History Education in the United States,
Keith Barton. About the Contributors...
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