Contemporary Public Debates Over History Education

By illuminating common trends, national peculiarities and differences, this collective book further enriches our knowledge about crucial issues concerning public perspectives over history education in diverse parts of the world. It opens new questions and issues to be further investigated by all who are interested in this field, in terms of its historical, educational, global, national, ethnic, cultural, social, and political dimensions in the current transitional and multicultural environment. This international dialogue therefore addresses historians, history education researchers, university professors, school teachers, policy makers, publishers, parents, and all those who insist that history education researchers, university professors, school teachers, policy makers, publishers, parents, and all those who insist that history education is very important, especially if it enables young people to orientate in the present and the future in historical terms. "An indispensable volume for anyone who cares about history education across the globe"---Sam Wineburg, Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and of History, Stanford University