Overview

 If we expose students to a study of human suffering we have a responsibility to guide them through it. But is this the role of school history? This issue is the rationale behind teaching the Holocaust primarily historical, moral or social? Is the Holocaust to be taught as a historical event, with a view to developing students' critcal historical skills, or as a tool to combat continuing prejudice and discrimination? These profound questions lie at the heart of Lucy Russell's fascinating analysis of teaching the Holocaust in school history. She considers how the topic of the Holocaust is currently being taught in schools in the UK and overseas. Drawing on interviews with educationalists, academics and teachers, she discovers that there is in fact a surprising lack of consensus regarding the purpose of, and approaches to, teaching the Holocaust in history. Indeed the majority view is distinctly non-historical; there is a tendency to teach the Holocaust from a social and moral perspective and not as history. This book attempts to explain and debate this phenomenon.

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Author:   Dr Lucy Russell
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780826499073

ISBN 10:   0826499074
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 June 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Clyde Chitty Preface Introduction: What is important about teaching the Holocaust in school history? 1. History teachers on teaching the Holocaust 2. What was the 'Holocaust'? 3. Teaching the Holocaust before 1991 4. The question of whether the Holocaust should be compulsory in school history 5. Teaching the Holocaust in school history since 1991 Conclusion: Implications for the future

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Title mentioned by author, Lucy Russell, in an article in The Independent [Postgraduate], Thursday 14th February 2008. Mention -Book News, February 2009

Title mentioned by author, Lucy Russell, in an article in The Independent [Postgraduate], Thursday 14th February 2008.

Mention Book News, February 2009

Title mentioned by author, Lucy Russell, in an article in The Independent [Postgraduate], Thursday 14th February 2008. Mention -Book News, February 2009 Mention --Book News, February 2009 Mention Book News, February 2009

Author Information

Dr Lucy Russell taught at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, until the birth of her first child in 2006. She is the author of two education titles (both published by Continuum) and a regular contributor to the Church press.

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