Two Sides of a Coin? A Comparison of Russian and Australian School History Curriculum Implementation

• In Event: 26.080 - Roundtable Session 8
  In Roundtable Session: 26.080-12 - International Perspectives on Pedagogy and Curriculum in History Education

Abstract

Given a global educational environment in which high profile debates over the nature of history education have beset educators and governments of many nations, this presentation reports on an international project looking at the process of implementing a national curriculum in teaching and learning history in schools in two culturally-diverse and politically-dissimilar federations.
As part of the processes of curriculum development in Russia and Australia, what has been the influence of any relationship between politics and ideology on the one hand and the politics of national identity through history education on the other? What has been the influence and outcomes of the agendas of varying individuals, organizations and groups on the recent construction of history education in Russia and Australia?

Authors

• Tony Taylor, Monash University

• Sue Collins, Federation University Australia