Browsing Yesterday & today: 2013 No 10 by Title
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African history teaching in contemporary German textbooks: From biased knowledge to duty of remembrance.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)In early colonial times, European scientists explained and justified the aggressive and devastating expansion of Europe into nearly every corner of the world. Africans, for example, had been dehumanized, infantilized and ... -
Connecting the dots: History teaching in the 21st century classroom – juggling reason, technology and multi-media in the world of the young technophile.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)This article will focus on harnessing the latest in multi-media and technological gadgetry in the modern history classroom. Teenagers find themselves at the cutting edge of the world of “bits and bytes”, social media and ... -
The contested nature of heritage in Grade 10 South African history textbooks: A case study.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)Using the interpretivist paradigm and approached from a qualitative perspective, this case study produced data on three purposively selected contemporary South African history textbooks with regards to their representation ... -
Incomplete history curriculum? Teaching socio-environmental history in South African high schools. From an indigenous perspective.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The article presents a challenge to the History high schools’ curriculum by depicting that among the secondary concepts currently used in the understanding of History in high schools in South Africa the socio-environmental ... -
Restoring the generations? – A preliminary literature review exploring the educational potential of the “Zeugen der Shoah” DVDs.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)This article is a preliminary literature review undertaken for a proposed research project, surveying the field of research concerning the use of digitised videotestimonies with Shoah survivors in German history classrooms. ... -
Schroder-Nielsen, I. 2012. Amongst the Boers in peace and war. [Book review]
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The sixties in the United States in historical perspective.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The decade of the 1960s in the United States is commonly viewed and taught as a series of traditional dichotomies, white vs. black, male vs. female, liberal vs. conservative, communist vs. anti-communist. Recent American ... -
Sleigh, D. & Westra, P. 2012. Die aanslag op die slaweskip Meermin, 1766. [Book review]
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A subject "promotional agenda" versus decline in enrolment figures: The need to identify those schools swimming against the tide.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The "value" of a discipline, occasionally arouses debate. With History it’s no different, and sometimes perhaps more challenging. As the general trend still indicates declining numbers in most provinces, Westerford High ... -
Thank you - Editorial.
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“Who does this history curriculum want you to be?”: Representation, school history and curriculum in Zimbabwe.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)This paper looks critically at representation in the history curriculum of Zimbabwe in relation to the production of subjectivity and identity that the government hopes will fulfil the quest for nationhood. It finds that ... -
Youth between identity and the market: Historical narratives among South African university students in a History “bridging” lecture room.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)The way youth speak about the past can offer important clues to how they conceptualise and emotionally negotiate the present, specifically their sense of place in a changing world and the security of their future within ...