Sensitive Pasts

Questioning Heritage in Education

Stephan Klein editor Maria Grever editor Carla van Boxtel editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:1st Dec '16

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Heritage, as an area of research and learning, often deals with difficult historical questions, due to the strong emotions and political commitments that are often at stake. In this, it poses particular challenges for teachers, museum educators and the publics they serve. Guided by a shared focus on these “sensitive pasts,” the contributors to this volume draw on new theoretical and empirical research to provide valuable insights into heritage pedagogy. Together they demonstrate the potential of heritage as a historical-educational domain that transcends myopic patriotism, parochialism and simplistic relativism, helping to enhance critical and sophisticated historical thinking.

ISBN: 9781785333040

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306 pages