Identity, trauma, sensitive and controversial issues in the teaching of history / edited by Hilary Cooper and Jon Nichol.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Hilary, editor.

Nichol, Jon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

History Education is a politically contested subject. It can be used to both promote xenophobia and to develop critical thinking, multiple perspectives, and tolerance. Accordingly, this book critically examines complex issues and constructivist approaches that make history relevant to students' understanding of the modern world. As such, it has global appeal especially in North and South America, Canada, Europe and Asia.The book's authors address the major challenges that History Education faces in an era of globalisation, digital revolution and international terror, nationalism and sectarian

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8473-1

OCLC:

925499571