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Haus, Leah – European Education, 2015
This study raises the question of why the French secondary school history curricula introduced in the late 2000s prescribed more extensive coverage of plural histories than did secondary school history curricula for English schools introduced in the same time period. Both countries share similar societal diversity. To explain the variation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools
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Lee, William B.; Dumas, Wayne – History Teacher, 1992
Discusses recent changes in history and geography instruction in the French lycees. Explains that France's National Ministry of Education plans to move teaching about World War II to an earlier year and apply a geopolitical approach to instruction in general. Notes that the Association of Teachers of History and Geography opposes the changes. (SG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Global Approach
Marbeau, L. – Western European Education, 1988
Discusses the French educational reforms between 1969 and 1985, examining their effects on the teaching of history and geography, which are mandatory throughout pre-university education. Writing for elementary school teachers, Marbeau considers the construction of knowledge in children aged 6 to 11, in history, geography, and the social sciences.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development