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ERIC Number: EJ551417
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
Remembering Obligation: Pedagogy and the Witnessing of Testimony of Historical Trauma.
Simon, Roger I.; Eppert, Claudia
Canadian Journal of Education, v22 n2 p175-91 Spr 1997
Possibilities for nurturing and supporting an ethical practice of witnessing in the context of informal and school-based communities of memory are explored, and suggestions are made for developing a principled way to decide what to retell or pass on when teaching about historical events of trauma. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education, History, History Instruction, Memory, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Violence, World Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Collective Interpretation; Subject Content Knowledge; Testimony