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Direct linkZajda, Joseph – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2017
"Globalisation and National Identity in History Textbooks: The Russian Federation," the 16th book in the 24-volume book series "Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research," discusses trends in dominant discourses of identity politics, and nation-building in school history textbooks in the Russian Federation (RF).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Global Approach, Nationalism
Zajda, Joseph; Smith, Ken – Educational Practice and Theory, 2015
The politicizing of Russian history textbooks and the imperatives of the Russian history standards to promote patriotism and rejection of Western models of history education signal a new ideological transformation in history education in the RF. Ideology, in this case the 'national ideology' promoted by President Putin (2014), and his followers,…
Descriptors: History, Textbooks, Teacher Surveys, History Instruction
Zajda, Joseph – Curriculum and Teaching, 2013
The main aim of this study is to offer a comparative analysis of historical narratives, with reference to the nexus between ideology, the state, and nation-building--as depicted in current history school textbooks in the Russian Federation (RF). This analysis of the core Russian history textbooks prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Science…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, History Instruction
Zajda, Joseph – Educational Practice and Theory, 2014
This article examines the current debate on the politics of history education reforms and the new history textbooks for secondary schools in the Russian Federation. Recent reforms in history education, standards and prescribed history textbooks by the Ministry of Education and Science demonstrate a pronounced ideological shift in the national…
Descriptors: History, History Instruction, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
Zajda, Joseph; Smith, Ken – Educational Practice and Theory, 2013
Using a mixed methodologies research method involving a survey and qualitative analysis, the article analyses a survey of Russian history secondary teachers on their perceptions of historical narratives in prescribed history textbooks. This recent survey of secondary history teachers represents one of the first international surveys of history…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, History Instruction, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research
Zajda, Joseph; Zajda, Rea – Education and Society, 2012
The analysis of a sample of prescribed history textbooks in the Russian Federation (RF) show there has been a visible ideological shift in interpretation and emphasis of historical narratives. It signals a pronounced exercise in forging a desirable new identity, nation-building and a positive re-affirmation of the greatness of the present Russian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Ideology, Politics of Education
Zajda, Joseph – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
This article examines the ideologically-articulated shifts, and the images of transformation, and nation-building process presented in the new generation of school history textbooks in Russia. The article analyses the new content of post-Soviet history textbooks used in Russian secondary schools that represent various transformations from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Nationalism, Democracy
