The right kind of History

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The fruit of a two-year research project, this ground-breaking book aims to provide the first historical account of the teaching of history in twentieth-century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and influence the current and future debates about teaching in schools.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Illustrations (p. ix)
• Acknowledgements (p. xi)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Nation and Schools (p. 3)
• Teachers and Teaching (p. 7)
• Pupils and Numbers (p. 11)
• Curriculum - and Qualifications (p. 15)
• 1 History Goes to School, 1900-18 (p. 18)
• The Government Suggests and Recommends (p. 20)
• First Thoughts on Teaching History (p. 30)
• Teachers and Resources for History (p. 40)
• History in the Classroom (p. 47)
• History Goes to War (p. 55)
• 2 History in Peace and War, 1918-44 (p. 61)
• The State and the Schools (p. 63)
• Prescribing History for Peacetime (p. 70)
• History Teaching in Theory and in Practice (p. 77)
• History Inspected, Remembered and Examined (p. 85)
• History Goes to War - Again (p. 97)
• 3 History and the Welfare State, 1944-64 (p. 102)
• The Butler Act and Beyond (p. 104)
• History Justified, Encouraged and Examined (p. 111)
• More Teachers and More Technology (p. 117)
• History Assessed and Recollected (p. 125)
• School History at Empire's End (p. 137)
• 4 History for a Nation 'In Decline', 1964-79 (p. 140)
• The Comprehensive Revolution (p. 142)
• History for the Comprehensive Classroom (p. 148)
• New Teaching for New Schools (p. 156)
• History Remembered and Examined (p. 166)
• Towards a National Curriculum? (p. 178)
• 5 History in the National Curriculum, 1979-2010 (p. 181)
• A Counter-Revolution in Education? (p. 184)
• The GCSE and the National Curriculum (p. 192)
• Classroom History across Two Millennia (p. 202)
• History is Now and is England (p. 215)
• Conclusion: Perspectives and Suggestions (p. 219)
• Government, Politics, Education and History (p. 221)
• Continuity and Change in History Teaching (p. 227)
• History, the Curriculum and the Classroom Future (p. 232)
• Appendixes (p. 239)
• A Names of Interviewees (p. 240)
• B Names of Lenders and Donors (p. 243)
• C School Certificate Examinations in History in 1923 (p. 244)
• D History Syllabuses from the 1970s Onwards (p. 246)
• E History Examination Candidates and Results, 1919-2010 (p. 251)
• F Principal Education Ministers, 1900-2010 (p. 255)
• G The History in Education Website (p. 257)
• List of Abbreviations (p. 258)
• A Note on Sources (p. 259)
• Notes (p. 260)
• Index (p. 295)