To the Past : : History Education, Public Memory, and Citizenship in Canada / / Ruth Sandwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Sandwell, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (120 p.)

Recent years have witnessed a breakdown in consensus about what history should be taught within Canadian schools; there is now a heightened awareness of the political nature of deciding whose history is, or should be, included in social studies and history classrooms. Meanwhile, as educators are debating what history should be taught, developments in educational and cognitive research are expanding our understanding of how best to teach it. To the Past explores some of the political, cultural and educational issues surrounding what history education is, and why we should care about it, in the twenty-first century in Canada. Originally broadcast in the fall of 2002 on the CBC Radio program Ideas, the lectures that comprise this volume not only address how history is taught in Canadian classrooms, but also explore strands within larger discussions about the meaning and purposes of history more generally. Contributors show how Canadians are demonstrating a new interest in what scholars have termed 'historical consciousness' or collective memory, through participation in a wide range of cultural activities, from visiting museums to watching the History Channel. Canadian adults and children alike seem to be seeking answers to questions of identity, meaning, community and nation in their study of the past. Through this series of essays, readers will have the opportunity to explore some of the political and ethical issues involved in this emerging field of Canadian 'citizenship through history' as they learn about public memory and broadly defined history education in Canada.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: History Education, Public Memory, and Citizenship in Canada -- 1. What Is Historical Consciousness? -- 2. Canadian History Teaching in Canada: What's the Big Deal? -- 3. Whose Public? Whose Memory? Racisms, Grand Narratives and Canadian History -- 4. History, Humanistic Education, and Participatory Democracy -- 5. Remembering Our Past: An Examination of the Historical Memory of Young Québécois -- 6. The Blossoming of Canadian Historical Research: Implications for Educational Policy and Content -- 7. 'To The Past': Why We Need to Teach and Study History