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Critical Perspectives on Teaching Difficult History

Mon, April 11, 4:30 to 6:30pm, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Four, Independence Salon A

Session Type: Symposium

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The concept of difficult history and research on the engagement of teachers and students with difficult history is rapidly growing within the field of history education. This session will engage the audience in discussions of different definitions, contexts, contents and implications related to teaching and learning difficult histories and is designed to provide maximum opportunities for engagement between presenters and session participants. The significance of this session lies in the multiple contexts (U.S., Israel and New Zealand) within and contents from which difficult histories are examined (e.g., popular film, Indigenous student filmmakers). The six papers utilize a diverse set of theoretical perspectives and challenge taken-for-granted assumptions underlying dominant representations of difficult histories and present counter-narratives that challenge official texts.

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