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Flemish students’ historical reference knowledge and narratives of the Belgian national past at the end of secondary education KU Leuven
© 2017 Sheehan and Davison. Since the early nineteenth century, western governments have expected history education to play a vital role in the formation of a national identity and the pursuit of national cohesion, by fostering shared knowledge and a shared (master)narrative of the national past. This article reports on a qualitative study that examines which narratives young adults construct about their national past, to what extent those ...
Reasoning with and/or about sources? The use of primary sources in Flemish secondary school history education KU Leuven
Working with sources in secondary school history education has become a common practice over the last few decades. However, researchers have concluded that teaching practices relating to the educational use of sources cause difficulties. Teachers often only examine sources for/in relation to their content, and tend to ignore author and context information in the analysis of the source. This paper reports on an empirical study focusing on how ...