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“Our Island Story”: Refocusing the History Curriculum in England

“Our Island Story”: Refocusing the History Curriculum in England. Dr Dean Smart University of the West of England, Bristol. The Schooling System in England. Curriculum Inheritance. Little Arthur’s History of England. http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/la.html. Our Island Story.

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“Our Island Story”: Refocusing the History Curriculum in England

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  1. “Our Island Story”: Refocusing the History Curriculum in England Dr Dean Smart University of the West of England, Bristol

  2. The Schooling System in England

  3. Curriculum Inheritance

  4. Little Arthur’s History of England http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/la.html

  5. OurIslandStory Henrietta Marshall 1905 Our Island Story. Children’s history of Britain , from the time of the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria, became an instant classic. Repeatedly reprinted up until its ‘final’ edition in 1953. Reprinted by Civitas in 2005 http://www.civitas.org.uk/islandstory/sample.htm

  6. History Wars

  7. New • Curriculum for primary • Curriculum for lower secondary • Examinations for upper secondary: 16 year olds 18 year olds • Models of schooling (Academies and ‘Free Schools’) • Teacher Standards

  8. Narrative or skills and concepts?

  9. Infant School

  10. Bloom's Taxonomy (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001)

  11. National Curriculum 1990 version 1 1995 2 1999 3 2007 4 2014 5

  12. Subject Strands (v3) 1 Chronology 2 Knowledge and Understanding of History 3 Interpretations of History 4 Historical Enquiry 5 Organisation and Communication

  13. Key Concepts (v4) 1 Chronological Understanding 2 Cultural, Ethnic and Religious Diversity 3 Change and Continuity 4 Cause and Consequence 5 Significance 6 Interpretation

  14. Key Processes (v4) 1 Historical Enquiry 2 Using Evidence 3. Communicating about the Past

  15. Larkin 1977

  16. Grey et al (2000:63) Grey et al (2000:63, detail)

  17. Brooks et al (2003b:31, detail) ‘talking heads’ .

  18. 7/7 2005

  19. Clare (2003a:80 and 81) Double page spread. multiethnic group discusses the Transatlantic Slave Trade:

  20. Great Exhibition 1% Exploration 1% Religion 1% Class/Wealth 2% Historical Skills 2% Atom bomb/Japan 3% International Cooperation 3% Racism 3% Politics and Democracy 3% Trade 5% Japan 6% World Wars 6% Crusades 7% Empire 23% Transatlantic Slavery 21% Holocaust 13%

  21. Olaudah Equiano: Smart (2004:35)

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