History Can Bite - History Education in Divided and Post-War Societies

The volume provides critical insights into approaches adopted by curricula, textbooks and teachers around the world when teaching about the past in the wake of civil war and mass violence, discerning some of the key challenges and opportunities involved in such endeavors. The contributors discuss ways in which history teaching has acted as a political tool that has, at times, been guilty of exacerbating inter-group conflicts. It also highlights history teaching as an important component of reconciliation attempts, showcasing examples of curricular reform and textbook revision after conflict, and discussing how the contestations and difficulties surrounding such processes were addressed in different post-conflict societies.

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• Assisted by: Denise Bentrovato (Editor), Karina V. Korostelina (Editor), Schu (Editor), Martina Schulze (Editor), Karin V Korostelina (Editor), Karina V Korostelina (Editor)
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9783847106081
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0608-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 232 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 475 g
• Illustrations: mit 2 Abbildungen
• Series: Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe; Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe 141; Eckert - Die Schriftenreihe; Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe; Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe 141
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)