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History's children : history wars in the classroom / Anna Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Anna, 1978-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational surveys--Australia.
- Educational surveys.
- Australian students--Attitudes.
- Australian students.
- Australia--History--Study and teaching.
- Australia.
- Australia--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 178 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Coogee, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this lively and often surprising read, History's Children asks students and teachers about the way Australian history is taught, and argues that we all need to go back to the classroom.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chp 1 The 'Edmund Barton syndrome'; Chp 2 The allure of Anzac; Chp 3 1788 and all that; Chp 4 A national curriculum; Chp 5 History in the classroom; Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-037-2
- 1-74223-020-2
- OCLC:
- 631565998
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