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History as a 'GPS': On the uses of historical narrative for French Canadian students' life orientation and identity.
- Source :
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London Review of Education . Jul2017, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p227-242. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This article presents the results of a study that analyses students' historical narratives of the nation in relation to historical consciousness and how their sense of self-identification with groups affects their narrative structure and orientation. This study was conducted with French Canadian students registered in two high schools (n=58) and one university (n=18) in Ottawa, the federal capital of Canada. I found that a strong sense of identification leads young people to construct more engaging and militant stories of the collective past, with greater historical appropriation (using the collective 'we') and a sense of continuity with past actualities. I then discuss the implications of this study for research on the narrative competence of historical consciousness and what history education might do in school to promote historical consciousness in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14748460
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- London Review of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124425288
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.15.2.07