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International Perspectives on Teaching Rival Histories: Pedagogical Responses to Contested Narratives and the History Wars
. Ed(S): Elmersjo, Henrik; Clark, Anna; Vinterek, Monika
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hardcover. Editor(s): Elmersjo, Henrik; Clark, Anna; Vinterek, Monika. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JN; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book presents a survey of approaches to dealing with ‘rival histories’ in the classroom, arguing that approaching this problem requires great sensitivity to differing national, educational and narrative contexts. Contested narratives and disputed histories have long been an important issue in history-teaching all over the world, and have even been described as the ‘history’ or ‘culture’ wars. In this book, authors from across the globe ponder the question “what can teachers do (and what are they doing) to address conflicting narratives of the same past?”, and puts an epistemological issue at the heart of the discussion: what does it ... Read more
This book presents a survey of approaches to dealing with ‘rival histories’ in the classroom, arguing that approaching this problem requires great sensitivity to differing national, educational and narrative contexts. Contested narratives and disputed histories have long been an important issue in history-teaching all over the world, and have even been described as the ‘history’ or ‘culture’ wars. In this book, authors from across the globe ponder the question “what can teachers do (and what are they doing) to address conflicting narratives of the same past?”, and puts an epistemological issue at the heart of the discussion: what does it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137554314
SKU
V9781137554314
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About . Ed(S): Elmersjo, Henrik; Clark, Anna; Vinterek, Monika
Henrik Åström Elmersjö is a researcher in history and education at Umeå University, Sweden. He has published extensively on negotiations of historical cultures and the history of Scandinavian history education. He is also on the editorial team for the Nordic Journal of Educational History. Anna Clark holds an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship and is Co-Director of the Australian Centre ... Read more
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