International perspectives on teaching rival histories : pedagogical responses to contested narratives and the history wars /: pedagogical responses to contested narratives and the history wars. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Henrik Åström Elmersjö, Anna Clark, Monika Vinterek, editors.
• Editors: Elmersjö, Henrik Åström, 1978-; Clark, Anna; Vinterek, Monika
• Contents: Foreword; Contents; Notes on Contributors ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Epistemology of Rival Histories; The Approach; The Parts of the Book; Notes; Part I: Historical Cultures and National Histories; Chapter 2: An Early Attempt to Approach Rival Histories: Epistemological Impediments to Transnational History Teaching-A Scandinavian Example; Introduction; Truth and Different Versions of It; Agency, Groups, and Responsibility; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 3: The Lure of Grand Narratives: A Dilemma for History Teachers; Introduction. The Fields of Making History, Narrative Form and Grand NarrativesEpistemological Unsustainability of Grand Narratives; Ethical Questionability of Grand Narratives; Hegemonic Canons as Politics of History Education; History Educators Combating Grand Narratives and Hegemonic Canons; Deliberative Discourse for History Classrooms; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Chapter 4: Bridging History Education and the Diversity of Historical Cultures; Introduction; Children, Young People, and Historical Cultures; School Education: Encountering the Multiple Genres and Levels of Historical Culture(s). History Education and Collective MemoryHistory Education and Popular Historical Cultures; Specific Tasks of History Education Between Historical Cultures; Bridges Between History Education and the Variety of Historical Cultures: The Disciplinary Approach as an Option; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Official Histories in Multicultural Societies; Chapter 5: Text and Contexts: Pedagogical Practices for a History Textbook Lesson on the 1947 British India Partition; Introduction: Practice, Memory and History Education; Context: 1947 Memories of Conflict and Collective Violence. Shifting Narratives of Partition Memories in School TextbooksMethodological Considerations: Three Teachers; Rashmi; Samira; Pema Choden; Teachers' Voices; Reproducing the Collective Memory and Rejecting the Textbook Content; Challenging the Collective Memory and Appropriating the Textbook Content; Reframing the Collective Memory and Textbook Content; Discussion and Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Teaching History for Narrative Space and Vitality: Historical Consciousness, Templates, and English-Speaking Quebec. English-Speaking Quebec, the Teaching of Official History, and a Quest for Narrative VitalityEnglish-Speaking Quebec's Need for a Narrative Tool; Historical Consciousness and Narrative Templates; Taking Critical Distance from Knowledge Claims as a Responsible Use of Templates; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Mediating Collective Memories and Official Histories in Conflict-Affected Societies: Pedagogical Responses to "Individual" Narratives and Competing Collective Memories; Introduction; Sociopolitical Backgrounds; Israel; Cyprus; A Brief Note on Methodology; Two Classroom Events; Event One.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 292 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 907.1; 370; Education; Historiography -- Philosophy; History -- Philosophy; History -- Study and teaching; Curriculum planning; HISTORY -- Study & Teaching; Historiography -- Philosophy; History -- Philosophy; History -- Study and teaching; Education -- Curricula; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy -- Criticism; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Curriculum planning & development; Educational strategies & policy; Education; Philosophy; Sociology; Education -- Comparative; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137554321; 1137554320
• Related ISBNs: 9781137554314; 1137554312
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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