Fake News from the Past – Lessons For the Future

Abstract: There is agreement amongst media commentators that the spread of so-called fake news poses a serious threat to democratic society, and as history educators, we have an obligation to... Read More ›

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-10/fake-news-from-the-past-lessons-for-the-future/

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Interrogating History to Imagine a Different Future

In this period of multiple and intersecting crises such as climate change and the Covid pandemic, how does history education respond?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-1/climate-change-history-education/

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Witnesses of Civic Engagement

Public history strives to question history in the making and to cast additional light on the present. What can we learn from those who break the law to help fugitives in an act of civic engagement?

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-19/civic-engagement/

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Late Awareness, Vigorous Remembrance: Austria Today

The Austrian memory of Nazi era and Holocaust remain connected to the "victim thesis". Austria may often seem unteachable, but several institutions are promoting a critical culture of remembrance.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-38/nazi-remembrance-austria-today/

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Political Aberrations

When the politician Roman Haider of the party FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) caused the interruption of a lecture about political extremism in an Austrian school in spring 2017, a heated debate erupted over the place of politics in school education. The controversy raises important questions over the aims and principles of civic education.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-16/political-aberrations/

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Focusing on Democracy: A Teacher Educator’s View

In the age of Trump we must refocus if we are teaching democratic principles in our classes. As teacher educators, we must make sure that students understand these ideas so they are prepared to teach them.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-38/focusing-on-democracy-a-teacher-educators-view/

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Politics at the Football Stadium

Since the very beginning, politics has played a significant role in the development of Polish sport. This article focuses on the role of politics in shaping the world view of Polish football fans.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-31/politics-at-the-football-stadium/

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Moral and Cognitive Dilemmas in History Education

Public historians and history educators both aim at “reaching the world outside the academy”. They face some common dilemmas, part. in Holocaust education. The...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-29/moral-and-cognitive-dilemmas-in-history-education/

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History Educators in a New Era

This is a dangerous moment, globally, for the liberal arts, education and research, for democratic values generally, and for history and history education specifically.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/5-2017-20/history-educators-in-a-new-era/

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