Overview
- Analyses how textbooks can influence or affect understanding of the Cold War
- Discusses how history textbooks can help to reconstruct hegemonic discourses and offer insights into disputed issues
- Addresses the dual identity of history teachers as members of a state elite and individuals with their own memories and loyalties
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media (PSEM)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Textbook Memories
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Teachers’ Memories
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Memory Practices in the Classroom
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Gautschi is the Head of the Lucerne Institute of History Education and Memory Cultures at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne, Switzerland.
Robert Thorp is Senior Lecturer of Education at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Lecturer of Education at The University of Newcastle in Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Cold War in the Classroom
Book Subtitle: International Perspectives on Textbooks and Memory Practices
Editors: Barbara Christophe, Peter Gautschi, Robert Thorp
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11999-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11998-0Published: 06 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11999-7Published: 23 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-7361
Series E-ISSN: 2662-737X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 459
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, History of Education, Media and Communication, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Memory Studies