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Delgado, Ander, Ed.; Mycock, Andrew, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2023
The heightened resonance of identity-driven politics in many states across twenty first century Europe emphasizes the critical role of history in shaping public contestation of the idea of the nation, and accordant manifestations of nationalism and national identity. How the past is interpreted or what and how is remembered has proven increasingly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, European History, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Kropman, Marc; van Boxtel, Carla; van Drie, Jannet – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2020
School history textbooks provide an important source of information for learners of history. Textbook narratives of a nation's past often present a limited frame of reference, which impedes the aim of teaching history from multiple perspectives. This article examines the representation of the Dutch Revolt in two Dutch and two Flemish history…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Bentrovato, Denise; Van Nieuwenhuyse, Karel – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2020
Over half a century since the last wave of political decolonisation, the handling of "dark" colonial histories remains topical. Influenced by the postcolonial turn, this study aims to examine, from a novel historical and comparative perspective, evolving textbook representations of Belgian colonialism and its legacy in Belgian and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Educational History, Postcolonialism
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Vanhulle, Bert – History of Education, 2009
The philosophical background of the subject history in secondary education has been mainly addressed through research based on "obvious" source types (curricula, discussions in committees or journals, ...). This article proposes a narrative method of analysing history textbooks in order to study the underlining historical philosophy of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, History Instruction, Textbook Content, Content Analysis