This work examines the principles on which a curriculum in primary school humanities might be based. Theoretical considerstions are closely connected to practice in the classroom and the contributions are therefore disciplined by consideration of children's responses to curricular demands in the humanites field. The political and cultural context of curriculum development in the humanites is not avoided and many of the contributions to this book deal with children's encounters with controversial issues. These include ethnic ...
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This work examines the principles on which a curriculum in primary school humanities might be based. Theoretical considerstions are closely connected to practice in the classroom and the contributions are therefore disciplined by consideration of children's responses to curricular demands in the humanites field. The political and cultural context of curriculum development in the humanites is not avoided and many of the contributions to this book deal with children's encounters with controversial issues. These include ethnic and gender identities, global and economic awareness, and religious and cultural differences. The book is aimed at humanities teachers, students, policy-makers and educationists.
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