Full Description
This edited book explores the problems and challenges of negotiating the representation of ethnic minorities within history education. It investigates how states balance the (non-)acknowledgement of the reality of cultural or religious diversity, and the promotion of a point of convergence in history education to foster national identity. Shifting our attention away from the intractable challenges posed by post-conflict countries for reconciliation, the contributors draw attention to the need to explore ways to prevent or pre-empt conflicts and exclusion through history education, which could contribute to developing a more sustainable culture of peace. Drawing on a wide range of contexts and sources, this book asks how history education could contribute to forming critical, historically informed, and committed young citizens. The book will be of interest to students and academics working on themes such as nationalism, citizenship, ethnicity, history education, multicultural education, peace studies and area studies, as well as practitioners in the fields of history, social studies, civic or citizenship.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Negotiating Ethnic Diversity With National Identity in History Education.- Part I: The Politics of Reconciliation and History Education in Post-conflict Contexts.- Chapter 2: Peace Through History Education: The Activities of UNESCO, the Georg-Eckert-Institut and the Council of Europe.- Chapter 3: Cure or Disease? History Education and the Politics of Reconciliation in East Asia.- Chapter 4: Unity in Diversity or Political Separation Driven by Cultural Difference? Textbook Revision in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Chapter 5: Curricular Decentralisation as an Antidote to 'Burmanisation'? Including Ethnic Minorities' Histories in Myanmar's Government Schools (2011-20).- Part II: Negotiating the History of Minorities in European Settler Countries and a Former Empire.- Chapter 6: Portrayals of Ethnic Minorities, Migration and Empire in English History Textbooks (1920-2020).- Chapter 7: History Education and Historical Thinking in Multicultural Contexts: A Canadian Perspective.- Chapter 8: National Identity in the History Curriculum in Australia: Educating for Citizenship.- Chapter 9: Potentially Transformative: Aligning Māori Perspectives, Difficult Histories and Historical Thinking.- Part III: Reconciling Ethnonationalism With Ethnic Diversity in Asia.- Chapter 10: Reconstructing the Nation: Struggles in Portraying Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Mainstream History Textbooks.- Chapter 11: Historical Narratives and National Identity in Lower Secondary History Textbooks in Malaysia (1959-2020).- Chapter 12: National Identity and History Teaching in Singapore: Bringing the Malays Back In.- Chapter 13: Constructing the Thai Race in Thai History Textbook Narratives.- Chapter 14: Afterword: Minorities and History Teaching.
