The Scottish school history curriculum and issues of national identity
In: Curriculum journal, Jg. 10 (1999), Heft 1, S. 107-121
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The Scottish curriculum operates through broad guidelines that allow a good deal of freedom to shape the curriculum. This article reports the findings of an investigation into the attitudes towards, and knowledge of Scottish history of 16-year-old pupils in Scottish schools. The pupils' responses to questions about aspects of Scotland's past revealed a very large degree of ignorance about important people, events, circumstances and dates as well as a number of misconceptions about major historical aspects. The content of the school history curriculum has an important part to play in the development of a sense of national identity. The findings are discussed at a time when there is a resurgent sense of national identity, with the people in Scotland recently voting in a referendum for the setting up of a Scottish parliament. The minimal place history occupies in the curriculum may partly explain the lack of pupils' knowledge. There is a lack of detailed evidence on this issue, both within Scotland and from other nations. A major debate about what matters in Scotland's past is needed, for Scotland has avoided establishing a prescribed history curriculum: a well-informed teaching profession has to make critical decisions about what to include.
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The Scottish school history curriculum and issues of national identity
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | WOOD, S ; PAYNE, F |
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Zeitschrift: | Curriculum journal, Jg. 10 (1999), Heft 1, S. 107-121 |
Veröffentlichung: | Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 1999 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print; 18 ref |
ISSN: | 0958-5176 (print) |
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