Teaching the Nation
Politics and Pedagogy in Australian History
$73.17
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
22 February 2006
Summary
The ‘History Wars’ have come to dominate discussion of Australian history in recent years, and have been waged over various national sites of celebration and commemoration.
Anna Clark suggests that this anxiety over Australia’s past has intensified as debate grows over how to teach ‘our history’ to ‘our children’. Arguments rage over whether to teach the colonisation of Australia as an ‘invasion’ or a ‘settlement’, and whether students need to know Australia’s first prime minister. Me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522852332 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522852335 |
| Author: | Anna Clark |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 22 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Academic Monographs |
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About The Author
Anna Clark
Anna Clark is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Public History at the University of Technology Sydney. With Stuart Macintyre, she wrote The History Wars in 2003, which was awarded the NSW Premier’s Prize for Australian History and the Queensland Premier’s Prize for Best Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate.
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