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The right kind of history : teaching the past in twentieth-century England / David Cannadine, Jenny Keating, Nicola Sheldon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cannadine, David, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Study and teaching.
- Great Britain.
- History--Study and teaching--England.
- History--Study and teaching.
- England.
- Education and state--Great Britain.
- Education and state.
- Local Subjects:
- Great Britain--History--Study and teaching.
- History--Study and teaching--England.
- Education and state--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- Teaching history in twentieth-century England: What was taught? How was it taught? Who decided and why? What lessons can we learn for our present and future?
- A ground-breaking account of the teaching of history in England's state schools from the early 1900s to the present day, this book represents a major contribution to the current debates about the place of history in our classrooms. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including a specially created oral history archive of memories from ex-pupils and teachers, the authors of this powerfully-argued book present an original and comprehensive account of the political decisions and the pedagogic practices which determined that the 'right sort of history' was taught.
- Concluding with compelling recommendations about what needs to be done to safeguard the teaching of history in England's schools in the future, The Right Kind of History will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in history and its teaching. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- History goes to school, 1900-18
- History in peace and war, 1918-44
- History and the welfare state, 1944-64
- History for a nation "in decline", 1964-79
- History in the national curriculum, 1979-2010.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230300866
- 0230300863
- 9780230300873
- 0230300871
- OCLC:
- 713185358
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