Posted in History Education News - In the Classroom
Source: The Independant
Date: Friday 25 November
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Pupils studying for GCSEs in British secondary schools know more about the history of the American Wild West than they do about their own country, the Education Secretary claimed yesterday.
Michael Gove, produced figures showing that pupils were far more likely to study the Wild West or the Nazis than any aspect of British history. He called for history lessons to focus more on British events so children would "take pride" in their country's history.
"I don't believe it's necessarily propagandistic to have a national curriculum broadly sympathetic to our past and our values," he said. "Of course, we don't want our national curriculum to be the scholastic equivalent of the Last Night of the Proms. But nor should it be a morale-sapping exercise in self-flagellation."
