The use of technology in History teaching is not a new phenomenon, but its impact has been varied depending on the context, teachers and, more importantly, the nature of the innovation. For years, I have come across the ...

The Staufer exhibition in Stuttgart in 1977 was a historical blockbuster exhibition, which established a type of state exhibitions in public's consciousness and in historical culture. It contributed to the rising interest ...

South Africa is currently undergoing a transformation of the education system as the last vestiges of the apartheid curriculum are being phased out and a new curriculum introduced. This paper presents findings from a 2005 ...

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation has commissioned the publication of a series of books intended for FET teachers under the title Turning Points in Human Rights (forthcoming 2008). They are individually, The ...

The purpose of this paper is to interrogate what makes history a specialised and particular discipline; to ask what does it mean to do history and to know history. I draw on the work of those working within the field of ...

The theme of the conference is a celebration of history teaching in the 350th year of schooling in South Africa. A lot of developments have happened during with regard to the teaching and understanding of history as a ...