What Really Matters: A History Education for Human Possibility

Booth, Alan

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“…27 As Alan Booth's recent research has shown, historians believe that, when 'History teaching is at its best', students 'are able to see the world from perspectives that are not their own: to learn to view the past on its own terms; stand in others' shoes'. 28 Yet the contemporary world of political polarisation and 'echo-chamber'-shaped identities that we inhabit, often informed by binarily located views of the past, clearly represents a challenge to the ideal of multiperspectivity. 29 Moreover, for modern history teachers, the proliferation of 'fake news' stories and unsubstantiated emotional arguments regarding the recent past has served to increase the level of responsibility associated with the need to screen, filter and scrutinise problematic views effectively and appropriately.…”

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Teaching Modern British Political History in a Politically Polarised and ‘Post-Truth’ Environment

Jobson

2023

Trans. R. Hist. Soc.

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This article assesses the challenges that university-level teachers of modern British political history currently face in what is often described as a ‘post-truth’ and polarised political environment. It argues that, whilst these challenges do not always present entirely new pedagogical considerations, the sociocultural and political terrain in Britain today requires careful navigation, particularly in an academic field which addresses recent historical topics that are routinely politicised and contested in contemporary discourse. Although there is a lack of scholarly literature on the topic of teaching modern British political history in a higher education setting, this article draws upon a wide array of educational studies to map out the contours of a successful pedagogical strategy that could facilitate ‘deep’ learning in the current contextual environment. To this end, it suggests that by utilising modern British political history's interdisciplinary foundations, applying teaching techniques that help students to explore topics from multiple viewpoints, devising new and stimulating interactive tasks, and capitalising on the opportunities afforded by the Internet age, learning can be enhanced and many of the more academically problematic features and characteristics of the current political climate can be counteracted.

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Section: Multiperspectivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Modern British Political History in a Politically Polarised and ‘Post-Truth’ Environment

Jobson

2023

Trans. R. Hist. Soc.

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What Really Matters: A History Education for Human Possibility

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Teaching Modern British Political History in a Politically Polarised and ‘Post-Truth’ Environment

Teaching Modern British Political History in a Politically Polarised and ‘Post-Truth’ Environment

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