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Albicher, Alexander – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2012
Although the history of history education is an under-researched topic worldwide, the international literature about history education contains a clear image of the historical development of the school subject. This image basically consists of a sharp dichotomy between traditional history education, which was largely insensitive to topical affairs…
Descriptors: Modern History, History Instruction, Textbooks, Educational History
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Schmidt, Sandra J. – Gender and Education, 2012
The curriculum of US History has improved substantially in its presentation of women over the 40 years since Trecker's 1971 study of US History textbooks. While studies show increased inclusions, they also suggest that women have not yet claimed their own place in the school curriculum. This paper seeks to better understand the woman who is…
Descriptors: Females, Content Analysis, History Instruction, Textbooks
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Maurines, Laurence; Beaufils, Daniel – Science & Education, 2013
Physics and chemistry programs at the secondary school level in France recommend introducing components of the history of science (HS). Emphasis is placed on a "cultural" dimension, which is poorly defined but essentially refers to elements of epistemological nature. Moreover, the few examples of activities based on HS suggested by the…
Descriptors: Physics, Chemistry, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Paulson, Julia – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2015
This article reviews research on history education that addresses recent or ongoing conflict since 1990. History education is recognized as a key site for constructing identity, transmitting collective memory, and shaping "imagined communities," which makes its revision or reform a complex and important part of education in emergencies…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Conflict, Nationalism, Self Concept
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Worden, Elizabeth Anderson – Comparative Education Review, 2011
This article aims to understand the development and debates surrounding a controversial history textbook reform in post-Soviet Moldova. The textbook debate highlighted two identity agendas: first, for politicians and government officials, reforming the curriculum was necessary for the consolidation of a national identity; second, for educators,…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Textbooks, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Montanero, Manuel; Lucero, Manuel – Online Submission, 2012
This paper describes the effects of different methods to enhance students' understanding and learning from a text. We compared the efficiency of a text revision procedure ("from the text") and inferential activity engagement "toward the text") in the comprehension and recall of a History text. A total of 338 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning, Textbooks, History Instruction
American Educator, 2012
This article presents a detailed example from the Albert Shanker Institute's report that shows the error of U.S. history textbooks and how it is distorting the historical record. One of the most glaring errors in textbooks is the treatment of the role that unions and labor activists played as key participants in the civil rights movement. The…
Descriptors: United States History, Civil Rights, Textbooks, Civil Rights Legislation
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Nielsen, Greg; Ferrara, Margaret M. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2014
According to many educators, textbooks will eventually be replaced by digital versions. Today's teachers, school administrators, and education policy makers are often digitally disconnected or at best digital immigrants, individuals who were born before the existence of digital technology and adopted it later in life. Unfortunately, when…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Studies, Films, Literacy
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Helyar, Frances – History of Education, 2014
During a time of post-war sensitivity to Canadian nationalism and patriotism, public feeling was aroused in 1920 New Brunswick regarding a world history textbook with a new chapter about the First World War. The American author made no reference to Canada's war efforts. The subsequent public discussion focused on issues of patriotism, citizenship,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, History Instruction, Textbooks
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Kim, Young Chun; Moon, Seungho; Joo, Jaehong – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2013
South Korean educators and curriculum scholars have attempted to challenge Eurocentric points of view in history education. Despite these efforts, the dominant textbooks and teaching practices in South Korea continue to project colonial epistemologies. This article argues that postcolonial inquiry into knowledge production can help expand the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, World History, History Instruction
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Meirlaen, Matthias – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2012
This article investigates the role of the recent revolutionary past in post-Napoleonic history education in the Southern Netherlands. From 1794 until 1815 the Southern Netherlands had been incorporated into the French revolutionary state and the Napoleonic Empire, respectively. Often, the experience of the revolution is associated with the birth…
Descriptors: Conflict, Foreign Countries, Historians, History Instruction
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Siegel, Mona; Harjes, Kirsten – History of Education Quarterly, 2012
On May 4, 2006, French and German cultural ministers announced the publication of "Histoire/Geschichte", the world's first secondary school history textbook produced jointly by two countries. Authored by a team of French and German historians and published simultaneously in both languages, the book's release drew considerable public…
Descriptors: Textbooks, War, International Relations, Peace
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Hussain, Khuram – American Educational History Journal, 2014
In the 1960s, "Muhammad Speaks" and "Black Panther" were widely known for their sensational rhetoric and calls for radical social reform. Yet they also served as a distinct voice in Black communities, providing critical and creative perspectives on a range of social issues--from education reform to police reform--that received…
Descriptors: Whites, African Americans, Racial Discrimination, Social Change
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MacPhee, Deborah A.; Kaufman, Kristina – Social Studies, 2014
This article examines the discourses of preservice and practicing elementary school teachers as they participated in focus group discussions about instructional materials and resources for planning and teaching historical content within their social studies curriculum. The study took place in a professional development school setting in which…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, History Instruction, Curriculum, Elementary School Teachers
Jeremy Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In my three-article dissertation, "Concerning the Other: Empathic Discourse in Worldwide, National, and Student-Authored Textbook Historical Narratives," I explore how textbook authors empathize with marginalized groups. My data includes approximately 1,000 textbooks published from 1910 to 2010 from over 100 countries around the world,…
Descriptors: Empathy, History Instruction, Disadvantaged, Diversity
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