Browsing Yesterday & today: 2015 No 14 by Issue Date
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Teaching World War I: An exploratory study of representations of the Great War in contemporary African textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)far-reaching consequences, a violent episode of unprecedented magnitude which affected millions of lives and which brought lasting change to the world in which we live. One hundred years after the outbreak of this global ... -
An analysis of the visual portrayal of women in junior secondary Malawian school history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)Visual images are important in textbooks because they are a vital part of the symbiotic relationship with the written text. Most importantly, visual images are essential in history textbooks because they render human ... -
History teachers and the use of History textbooks in Africa – From textbook to 'desa': A personal narrative of teaching History in Tanzania
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Teaching History in Swaziland
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Using History textbooks in Rwanda at school and in teacher education
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Using History textbooks to teach in rural Kenya
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Using History textbooks to teach in Peri-Urban Kenya
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The varied nature of History textbooks in the teaching of History in Cameroonian schools
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Using History textbooks in secondary schools in Mauritius
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History textbooks and active learning History in Rwanda
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Political economy of History textbook publishing during apartheid (1948-1994): Towards further historical enquiry into commercial imperatives
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The provision of textbooks in apartheid South Africa (1948-1994), a source of controversy and media interest in recent years, is placed in historical perspective, with particular reference to History textbook production. ... -
Recognising the academic and political purposes embedded in history textbook assessment tasks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This paper explores the nature of history as a school-based discipline and how history is recontextualised in the South African History Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and Grade 10 history textbooks, ... -
Using genre to describe the progression of historical thinking in school history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The focus of this paper is to describe how progression in historical thinking manifests across seven South African textbooks, one each from Grade 3 to Grade 9. This paper argues that one way in which progression in ... -
Reflections on applying critical discourse analysis methodologies in analysing South African history textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This article is a reflection on the choice to apply Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in a large scale study in which South African history textbooks were analysed for their construction of African consciousness. The ... -
Using History textbooks in A wellresourced South African school
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Frank, F. et. al. 2015. New Generation History: Grade 11 learner’s book. [Book review]
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Boehmer, E. 2015. The shouting in the dark. [Book review]
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The role of History textbooks in promoting historical thinking in South African classrooms
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This article focuses on the analysis of three textbooks that are based on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), a revised curriculum from the National Curriculum Statement which was implemented in 2008. ... -
South African History textbook research – a review of the scholarly literature
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)School history textbooks are seen to embody ideological messages about whose history is important, as they aim both to develop an ‘ideal’ citizen and teach the subject of history. Since the 1940s, when the first study ... -
The dilemmas of textbook selection – the Department of Education's 2007 screening of Grade 12 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, 2015)Textbook selection presents a conundrum for history as a school subject. On one hand it is desirable that the best textbooks are available to be used in classrooms, on the other selection appears to imply control over ...
