This book examines dominant discourses of globalisation and history education in schools and their impact on democracy, equality, social justice, and human rights. It explores how historical narratives shape societies political and cultural evolution over time and how critical understanding of these narratives reinforces cultural identity. Drawing on Bruners meaning-making process and constructivist approaches, the book argues that history pedagogies grounded in transformational paradigms can create meaningful learning experiences that define identity and belonging.
The book calls for building critical literacy in students, enabling them to critically examine different historical accounts and distinguish history class learning from representations in films, various historical texts and artifacts. It encourages critical appraisal of diverse worldviews and offers different ways to reconstruct and re-imagine history education pedagogy and its connection to social justice, democracy, and equality.
1 Teaching History.- 2 Teaching and Learning History in Schools.- 3
Historical Thinking and Historical Narratives in School Textbooks in a Global
Culture.- 4 Discourses of the Politics of History School Textbooks.- 5
Cultivating Historical Understanding and the Use of Critical Discourse
Analysis in Historical Narratives.- 6 Historical Thinking: Procedural
Concepts for Learning and Teaching History.- 7 Teaching History through
Turning Points.- 8 Teaching Historical Causation in a Global Culture.- 9 The
Russian Revolution in School History Textbooks.
Joseph Zajda is a Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalization and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 45 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalization and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the Editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2021). Recent publications include: Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). "Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform". Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). "Human rights education globally". Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020c). "Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms: Emerging paradigms". Dordrecht: Springer. He is an Elected Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).
John Whitehouse is a senior lecturer in Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne. The focus of his teaching and research is on history education, curriculum and pedagogy. He held a range of leadership roles in secondary and tertiary education. As a humanities coordinator, he works with an outstanding team to deliver transformative learning experiences in the Master of Teaching programme. He leads a suite of subjects that are characterised by engagement, relevance and rigour. He frequently works with schools, subject associations and education authorities at state, national and international levels.
