dc.contributor.author | Wojdon, Joanna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-08T09:38:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-01-08T09:38:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wojdon, J. 2014. History textbooks facing controversial issues - case study of the Martial law in Poland. Yesterday & today, 12:75-89, Dec. [http://www.sashtw.org.za/index2.htm] [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/5126] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2223-0386 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/12890 | |
dc.description.abstract | Martial law is one of the most controversial periods in the post-WWII history
of Poland. Introduced on December 13, 1981 it ended the 16-month-long
“festival of Solidarity”. Official reasons for its imposition were to prevent further
degradation of Poland’s economy and social structures, but a threat of Soviet
military intervention was also suggested. The opposition activists perceived it as
an attempt of the totalitarian regime to save its falling position with the use of
most brutal methods, unknown in Poland since the Stalinist period. The article is
based on the analysis of contemporary Polish school history textbooks for all levels
of education. It aims to present the strategies adopted by the textbook authors to
deal with this controversial issue. The author will attempt to find answers to the
following questions: Do the text book authors notice the controversies? Do they
show one or more points of view? Do they ask students about their own opinions or
about the opinions of their friends or relatives? Are the textbooks open for different
interpretations or do they, explicitly or implicitly, prefer only one? How emotional
is the text and other materials? How have the textbooks changed since the collapse
of the communist regime in 1989? | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University | en_US |
dc.subject | Education under communism | en_US |
dc.subject | Post-communism | en_US |
dc.subject | Poland | en_US |
dc.subject | Martial law | en_US |
dc.subject | History textbooks | en_US |
dc.subject | Controversies in education | en_US |
dc.subject | Education reforms | en_US |
dc.title | History textbooks facing controversial issues - case study of the Martial law in Poland. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |