Overview
- Provides new ideas and methods for how to deal with rival historical narratives in the classroom
- Examines the relationship between history as presented in textbooks, and the historical memories of teachers
- Explores the problems associated with central political attempts to control a universal collective identity
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Divided into three sections that deal with historical cultures, multicultural societies and multiperspectivity, the chapters of the book showcase that dealing with rival histories is very much dependent on context, and that diverse teaching traditions and societal debates mean that teachers’ abilities in engaging with the teaching of rival narratives are very different. The volume will be compelling reading for students and researchers in the fields of education, history, sociology and philosophy, as well as practising teachers.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Historical Cultures and National Histories
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Official Histories in Multicultural Societies
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Critical Thinking and Multiperspectivity
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Epilogue
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Anna Clark holds an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship and is Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She has written extensively on history education, historiography and historical consciousness, including her most recent book, Private Lives/Public History.
Monika Vinterek is professor at at Dalarna University, Sweden, where she is also Director of Education and Learning. She has participated in several international projects, including European History Crossroads as Pathways to Intercultural and Media Education, Popular History Magazines and History Textbooks, Teaching Aids from a User Perspective and Comparing Our Pasts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Perspectives on Teaching Rival Histories
Book Subtitle: Pedagogical Responses to Contested Narratives and the History Wars
Editors: Henrik Åström Elmersjö, Anna Clark, Monika Vinterek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55432-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55431-4Published: 12 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55432-1Published: 04 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 292
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of History, Sociology of Education