White Trainee-Teachers Reproduce Eurocentric and White-British Histories
This chapter applies the theory of ‘Whiteness’ to examine the aims and contents the Key Stage 2 primary school history curriculum (Department for Education, ‘History programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2’. National curriculum in England, In: The nationa
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Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
Decolonising the History Curriculum “This is an important book at a time when colleagues across education are scrutinising their work, seeking to increase diversity and to build a balanced equitable learning experience for all. Moncrieffe argues for the importance of building critical consciousness with regard to ethnicity. His original research with Primary PGCE students reveals the Eurocentricity of many trainee teachers. He illustrates the way in which this viewpoint without disruption through consideration of alternative stories, will continue to inform future teaching in their classrooms. Moncrieffe shows how important it is to view history through a cross-cultural lens. He reflects on events in recent history in this country and shows how they may be considered differently. I recommend this book to all those training to teach and to those keen to revisit their predisposed assumptions about what should be taught in the primary history curriculum.” —Dame Alison Peacock, Chief Executive, The Chartered College of Teaching, UK “This book is a timely, and above all, practical guide to the transformation of Britain’s primary school history curriculum. It will be an invaluable tool for teachers and trainers as well as a map for future debates over the importance of history in the making of national identity.” —Professor Paul Gilroy, Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, UK “Decolonising the history curriculum is essential reading for primary school teachers. Dr Moncrieffe’s succinct interrogation of the socio-political climate that has informed the actual, implied and applied key stage two history curriculum utilises a decolonising framework to expose the impacts of institutionalised whiteness in the teaching profession as well as the possibilities for transformation. Decolonising the history curriculum speaks directly to the need for a reclaiming of the purpose of education from neoliberal and neoconservative agendas to trauma-sensitive social justice agendas that enable children to recognise and reckon with our collective past in order to construct a better future.” —Camile Kumar, Race Equality Policy Specialist, National Education Union, UK
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
Decolonising the History Curriculum Euro-centrism and Primary Schooling
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe School of Education University of Brighton Brighton, UK
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