History As Knowledge
Subtitle: Ethical Values and Meaning in Encounters with History
Publisher: Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9783631661215
Subjects: History, study and teaching; Education, sweden
Description: "What do you know when you know something about history? What is important to know and how do you learn? Adolescents encounter history everywhere: at school, in the family, in media and society. But how do adolescents perceive history and in what ways do aspects of meaning and ethical values affect the encounters with history? This study discusses how Swedish adolescents and teachers encounter, communicate and define knowledge about history, analysing the process from curricula and history textbooks to the world of the pupils"--