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Citizenship Through Secondary History (Citizenship in secondary schools)
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Product Description
The authors show how the content and the pedagogy of the secondary history curriculum can contribute to the teaching of citizenship and how the proposed content of the curriculum for citizenship can be addressed through History.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #88861 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
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From the Back Cover
Citizenship education is now a statutory part of the secondary school National Curriculum; and history is one of the key subjects through which citizenship must be taught. This is the first book available to lead professional and student teachers alike through this new and challenging development in the curriculum.
Citizenship through Secondary History reveals the potential of history to engage with citizenship education; it includes:
a review of the links between citizenship education and the teaching and learning of history;
an analysis of how citizenship education is characterised, raising key issues about what could and should be achieved;
a critique of the discipline and the pitfalls to avoid in teaching citizenship through history;
case studies, including one on slavery, offering practical teaching suggestions.
History teaching is at the vanguard of citizenship education; the past is the springboard from which citizens learn to think and act. This book offers positive and direct ways to
