Fight, flight or light: three approaches to teaching difficult past events

This paper examines two research questions: How do teachers refer to historical figures when teaching difficult past events? Which approaches to teaching difficult past events are reflected in teachers' ways of talking about historical figures? The paper is based on an analysis of lessons by th...

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Published in:Oxford review of education 2021-03, Vol.47 (2), p.224-242
Main Authors: Honig, Michal, Porat, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabs
Controversial events
Controversial Issues (Course Content)
difficult past
Foreign Countries
Grade 11
High School Students
High School Teachers
historical figures
History Instruction
history teaching
Jews
Middle Eastern History
Talking
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
War
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Summary:This paper examines two research questions: How do teachers refer to historical figures when teaching difficult past events? Which approaches to teaching difficult past events are reflected in teachers' ways of talking about historical figures? The paper is based on an analysis of lessons by three 11 th grade history teachers in Israel on the controversial Altalena Affair. Each teacher assigned a different role to the historical figures. We argue that awareness of the relationship between the way teachers present historical figures and the way they handle controversial events may provide them with a tool for reflecting on their teaching practice.
ISSN:0305-4985
1465-3915
DOI:10.1080/03054985.2020.1828050