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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782782203321

Autore

Clark Anna <1978->

Titolo

History's children : history wars in the classroom / / Anna Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Coogee, N.S.W. : , : University of New South Wales Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-74224-037-2

1-74223-020-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 178 pages)

Disciplina

20994

907.20994

Soggetti

Educational surveys - Australia

Australian students - Attitudes

Australia History Study and teaching

Australia Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chp 1   The 'Edmund Barton syndrome'; Chp 2  The allure of Anzac; Chp 3 1788 and all that; Chp 4 A national curriculum; Chp 5 History in the classroom; Conclusion; Further reading; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this lively and often surprising read, History's Children asks students and teachers about the way Australian history is taught, and argues that we all need to go back to the classroom.