The right kind of history
Subtitle: teaching the past in twentieth-century England
By: David Cannadine, Jenny Keating, Nicola Sheldon
Contributors: Keating, Jenny; Sheldon, Nicola, 1956-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780230300866; 9780230300873
Subjects: Study and teaching; England; Education and state; History
Description: The fruit of a two-year research project, this book provides an historical account of the teaching of history in 20th century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and influence the current debate over teaching in schools, a debate which seems likely to go on for several years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History goes to school, 1900-18; title: History in peace and war, 1918-44; title: History and the welfare state, 1944-64; title: History for a nation "in decline", 1964-79; title: History in the national curriculum, 1979-2010.