ERIC Number: EJ1138335
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 16
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A National History Curriculum, Racism, a Moral Panic and Risk Society Theory
Rodwell, Grant
Issues in Educational Research, v27 n2 p365-380 2017
With a proposed Australian national history curriculum, many Australians began to question what historical content would be taught in the nation's schools and colleges. While pressure for a national history curriculum had been building for many years, the final impetus came from a moral panic that gripped Australian society during late 2005, possibly reinforced by risk society imperatives. This paper argues that the history taught in Australian school education is highly politicised, the product of a moral panic, and of risk society thinking. This paper further argues students should be enabled to appreciate these factors underpinning national history curriculum through a more rigorous teaching of historiography in the school education.
Descriptors: National Curriculum, History Instruction, Historiography, Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Risk, Politics of Education, Teaching Methods, Racial Bias, Public Officials, Violence, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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