International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research
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The Politics of Rewriting History: New School History Textbooks in Russia

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“…The lack of an official history book that covers the war period might be a reason for the new generation to be exposed to inaccurate and sometimes wrong information as presented in the literature review section on Edgar O'Ballane. Zajda and Zajda (2003) argue that the powerful group in the country affects the historical documentation of events. The discussion in the focus group on the authority that they refer to in case of a conflict with someone brought up the passive attitude of the participants.…”
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“…The lack of an official history book that covers the war period might be a reason for the new generation to be exposed to inaccurate and sometimes wrong information as presented in the literature review section on Edgar O'Ballane. Zajda and Zajda (2003) argue that the powerful group in the country affects the historical documentation of events. The discussion in the focus group on the authority that they refer to in case of a conflict with someone brought up the passive attitude of the participants.…”
Section: Discussion Of Findingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The dominant and powerful political group in a country affects the writing of its history. Zajda and Zajda (2003) present the case of Russia in rewriting history after the collapse of the USSR. The Russian Federation started the liberal reform in the country and one of its missions was to change the "Soviet" mentality through rewriting history (Zajda & Zajda, 2003).…”
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“…The body of research provides examples of such an approach to history education in many societies (Baranovic, 2001;Glyptis, 2007;Katsarksa 2007;Korostelina, 2011;Oteiza & Pinto, 2008;Popson, 2001;Zajda & Zajda, 2003). It seems to be a common practice that the narratives of the past are used to present a cohesive homogenous image of the country which neglects ethnic, religious, and language diversities in order to foster a unified identity or provides victorious stories that are supposed to nurture a sense of national pride and belonging in pupils.…”
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“…For example, many studies have analyzed the changes in Russian textbooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union (Nicholls, 2003). Zajda and Zajda (2003) examine how the Marxist-Leninst language of history textbooks has gone through vivid changes in Post-Soviet Russia. They argue that new textbooks support a multiple perspective approach to the study of history which was absent from the "grand narrative" of the Soviet era textbooks (p. 378).…”
Section: Before and After: Comparing Textbooks To Understand The Tranmentioning
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