Holocaust Education : Contemporary challenges and controversies /

Learning about the Holocaust is central to school curriculums in many parts of the world. But the history of the Holocaust remains controversial, and teaching about it can be daunting. Drawing on landmark research, this book sheds light on key challenges in Holocaust education to guide educators and...

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Other Authors: Pettigrew, Alice, Pearce, Andy, 1981-, Foster, Stuart J., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • About the contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Challenges, issues and controversies: The shapes of 'Holocaust education' in the early twenty-first century
  • 2. To what extent does the acquisition of historical knowledge really matter when studying the Holocaust?
  • 3. Learning the lessons of the Holocaust: A critical exploration
  • 4. 'They were just following orders': Relationships between Milgram's obedience experiments and conceptions of Holocaust perpetration
  • 5. Look before you leap: Teaching about the Holocaust in primary schools
  • 6. British Responses to the Holocaust: Student and teacher perspectives on the development of a new classroom resource
  • 7. 'I know it's not really true, but it might just tell us . . .': The troubled relationship between The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and understanding about the Holocaust
  • 8. Antisemitism and Holocaust education
  • 9. Muslim students and the Holocaust in England's secondary schools: 'Reluctant learners' or constructed controversies?
  • 10. Seeing things differently: The use of atrocity images in teaching about the Holocaust
  • Index