ERIC Number: EJ1404721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0272
EISSN: EISSN-1366-5839
Representation, Race and Empire: A Postcolonial Analysis of the New York Global History Regents Exam
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v55 n6 p661-681 2023
Postcolonial studies have long identified history curriculum as a site of empire building. High stakes exams like the Global History Regents Exam in New York (NYGHR) undoubtedly impact curriculum but have yet to be examined through a postcolonial lens. This study evaluates to what extent, if at all, the NYGHR perpetuates eurocentrism as defined by four concepts from the literature: "numerical representation," "replacement," "tokenism" and "narrative erasure." Through both qualitative and quantitative analysis, the study finds the exam to be eurocentric both in its numerial underrepresentation of the global south, and in its replacement and ommission of global south achievement, its overuse of tokenism, and its flagrant narrative erasure of the violence of colonialism. The study posits implications and next steps for students, practitioners and future research on how to build inclusive, student driven global history curricula
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, Decolonization, History Instruction, High Stakes Tests, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Standardized Tests, State Standards, Ethnocentrism, World History, Test Bias, Colonialism, Inclusion
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: New York State Regents Examinations
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