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Nygren, Thomas – Education Inquiry, 2011
In this study, international recommendations for history education issued by UNESCO and the Council of Europe are compared with the construing of history in national guidelines, teachers' perceptions and the results of students' work in history in Sweden. The study shows how history education from the 1960s onwards could be critical and oriented…
Descriptors: History, International Organizations, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
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Vickers, Edward – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
History as a school subject in Hong Kong is often assumed to have been a vehicle for "colonialist" indoctrination under the British, and for "nationalist" indoctrination under the post-retrocession Chinese regime. This chapter challenges such assumptions by examining the ways in which history syllabuses have (or have not) dealt…
Descriptors: Local History, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, History Instruction
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Stuesser, Lee; Love, James – History and Social Science Teacher, 1981
Describes a secondary school teacher resource package based on the development of a southern Ontario community, St. John's. The sequential program is designed to develop history and geography research skills. A sample lesson is provided. (KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction