New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada

New Possibilities for the Past: Shaping History Education in Canada
ISBN-10
0774820616
ISBN-13
9780774820615
Category
Education
Pages
408
Language
English
Published
2011-08-22
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Penney Clark

Description

The place of history education in schools has sparked heated debate in Canada. Is history dead? Who killed it? Should history be put in the service of nation? Can any history be truly inclusive? This volume advances the debate by shifting the focus from what should be included in history education to how we should think about and teach the past. In this book historians and educators discuss the state of history education research and its implications for classrooms, museums, virtual environments, and public institutional settings. They develop a comprehensive research agenda both to help students learn about the past and to understand how we construct history from its infinite possibilities.

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