Multiperspectivity in the history classroom The role of narrative and metaphor

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Authors
Publication date 2019
Host editors
  • M. Hanne
  • A.A. Kaal
Book title Narrative and Metaphor in Education
Book subtitle Look Both Ways
ISBN
  • 9781138310872
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9780429459191
  • 9780429859977
Chapter 5
Pages (from-to) 63-75
Publisher London: Routledge
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract A main goal of Dutch history education is learning to identify different perspectives and to contextualize these perspectives about the past. By doing so, students learn that a historical narrative is not a “given,” but a construct about the past. However, based upon our analysis of history textbook texts, video clips, classroom discussions, and student assignments, we argue that the narrative and accompanying metaphors of the Netherlands during WWII effectively prevent looking at this subject in a multiperspectival way in Dutch history education.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429459191-5
Published at https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1948742
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