History wars and the classroom : global perspectives

• Other Authors: Taylor, Tony (Editor), Guyver, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Series: Studies in the history of education (Greenwich, Conn.)
• Subjects: History > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Case studies.; Historiography > Political aspects > Case studies.; Historiography > Social aspects > Case studies.; elektronické knihy; Case studies.; Education > History.; Teaching of a specific subject.; History of education.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615698
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-528-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 205 pages) : illustrations
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

The book is entitled History Wars in 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)).