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Editorial and an introduction: intersections of historical and democratic consciousness in history curricula and/or syllabi: A study across nine countries Open
The aim of the theme issue is to provide analysis of intersections of historical and democratic consciousness expressed in official curriculum documents such as syllabuses that focus on history in eleven countries. Each of the nation state…
Awarding digital badges: research from a first-year university course Open
This paper reports on a study that replaced marks with digital badges in an undergraduate Initial Teacher Education course. The aim was to examine the impact of badging on students, and on the quality of university provision. Data collecti…
Awarding digital badges instead of grades? Open
Micro-credentials are seeing increasingly rapid adoption in higher education (McGreal & Olcott, 2022), however their efficacy is still being explored (Stefaniak & Carey, 2019); as Oliver (2019) notes, “rapid innovation can be exhilarating,…
The History teacher as public historian Open
Educators have long been aware of the role that schools, and specific school subjects, play in nation-building, including the ways in which national consciousness is perceived to be shaped within the classroom. This makes the historical na…
Editorial: Perspectives on history and moral encounters Open
We are at a time in world political history that seems to be on a precipice. Over the past decade, it is difficult to ignore the global growth in popularity for autocratic governments, also in some countries which for decades were either s…
Mapping moral consciousness in research on historical consciousness and education - a summative content analysis of 512 research articles published between 1980 and 2020 Open
The purpose of this article is to provide a unique overview of how third-order concepts, linked to moral consciousness, are expressed in research articles on historical consciousness related to education, as well as to document how frequen…
Can, and should history give ethical guidance? Swedish and Finnish Grade 9 students on moral judgment-making in history Open
History is often invested with moral messages. When asked what history for them is, 15-year-old Europeans have strongly supported the option that history is instructive stories of good and evil, right and wrong. But what do they actually t…
From Gallipoli to Independence: Turkish and Australian Students' Perspectives Open
Given the broad public appeal of WWI commemorations and in consideration of their inclusion in school curriculum, the question is raised of how do Turkish and Australian students view the importance and ways of commemorating the Gallipoli …
Professional competence frameworks and personalisation: their role in employability Open
In this roundtable, we will question the role and function of personalisation and/or professional competence frameworks in supporting and guiding the development of student employability. Of particular interest will be what this means when…
The good citizen: Revisiting moral motivations for introducing historical consciousness in history education drawing on the writings of Gadamer Open
Historical consciousness is regarded as an important means to stimulate moral citizens through history education. This article conceptually examines the moral dimension associated with historical consciousness by revisiting the paradigm wa…
Why is ethics important in history education?<i>A dialogue between the various ways of understanding the relationship between ethics and historical consciousness</i> Open
In light of current tendencies, where appreciating plurality and uphold everyone’s equal value is being questioned from different directions, there is arguably a need to revive the ethical dimension of history education as a way of learnin…
History teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and the dynamics of classroom implementation in Ghana Open
The Ghanaian senior high-school history curriculum encourages teachers to guide students to explore, question and construct historical interpretations, rather than accept established historical narratives. This study investigates how those…
Bricolage research in history education as a scholarly mixed-methods design Open
Research using a mixed-methods design is increasingly becoming the norm, crossing the myriad of educational fields of research, including history education. While commonly interpreted as a combining of qualitative and quantitative methods,…
World War I commemoration and student historical consciousness: A study of high-school students' views Open
Commemoration of World War I (WWI), and specifically the Gallipoli campaign, holds a significant place in the Australian public imagination. This is currently heightened with the WWI centenary commemorations (2014–18) occurring on a local,…
Bridging historical consciousness and moral consciousness : promises and Challenges Open
This special issue is the result of the workshop, Towards an integrated theory of historical and moral consciousness, supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences) and Suomen kasvatuksen…