Teaching the Violent Past History Education and Reconciliation

by Cole, Elizabeth A.; Dierkes, Julian; Yoshida, Takashi; Clark, Penney; Kitson, Alison; Valls, Rafael; Oglesby, Elizabeth; Sherlock, Thomas; Bleiker, Roland; Hoang, Young-ju; Dorschner, Jon; Chapman, Audrey

• ISBN13: 9780742551435
• ISBN10: 0742551431
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this long-term reconciliation process is education reform that teaches future generations information repressed under dictatorial regimes and offers new representations of former enemies. In Teaching the Violent Past, Cole has gathered nine case studies exploring the use of history education to promote tolerance, inclusiveness, and critical thinking in nations around the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Reconciliation and History Education	p. 1
As Generations Pass: The Challenges of Long-Term Reconciliation in History Textbooks
The Trajectory of Reconciliation through History Education in Postunification Germany	p. 31
Advancing or Obstructing Reconciliation? Changes in History Education and Disputes over History Textbooks in Japan	p. 51
Representations of Aboriginal People in English Canadian History Textbooks: Toward Reconciliation	p. 81
Reconciliation in Process
History Teaching and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland	p. 123
The Spanish Civil War and the Franco Dictatorship: The Challenges of Representing a Conflictive Past in Secondary Schools	p. 155
Historical Memory and the Limits of Peace Education: Examining Guatemala's Memory of Silence and the Politics of Curriculum Design	p. 175
Reconciliation Jeopardized, Undone, or Not Yet Attained: Aspirational and Counter-Reconciliatory Cases
History and Myth in the Soviet Empire and the Russian Republic	p. 205
On the Use and Abuse of Korea's Past: An Inquiry into History Teaching and Reconciliation	p. 249
The Role of History Textbooks in Shaping Collective Identities in India and Pakistan	p. 275
Afterword	p. 317
Index	p. 329
About the Contributors	p. 343
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