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The place of diversity within history and the challenge of policy and curriculum

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Harris, R. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-5515 (2013) The place of diversity within history and the challenge of policy and curriculum. Oxford Review of Education, 39 (3). pp. 400-419. ISSN 0305-4985 doi: 10.1080/03054985.2013.810551

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This article is a position paper which examines the political and public discourse around the areas of diversity and social cohesion, and history teaching. It examines the nature of these discourses and shows how they are in tension. Although discourse around diversity often has a focus on mutual understanding and finding areas of commonality, the discourse around history often focuses on the need to provide a sense of identity through a national story. By focusing on a discussion about the purposes of history, rather than merely on debates about content, it is suggested that these discourses can be brought more closely into line and produce a more productive line of policy debate.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/33130
Item Type Article
Refereed Yes
Divisions Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education > Improving Equity and Inclusion through Education
Uncontrolled Keywords diversity; social cohesion; history teaching; purposes; policy discourses
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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