Friday, December 16, 2011
"British history to be put back on the curriculum"
I'm sure this problem is not exclusive to the United Kingdom.
Teaching and learning history is a hard sell...
Teaching and learning history is a hard sell...
Graeme Paton recently reported this in the U.K. Daily Telegraph:
"Addressing the History in Education conference in central London, Mr Gove told how a recent survey of 18- to 24-year-olds found that one-in-six believed that Oliver Cromwell – not Nelson – led the British fleet at Trafalgar.
A separate survey of students entering a Russell Group university to read history asked them to name the British general at Waterloo, the monarch during the Armada, Brunel's profession, a single 19th century Prime Minister and the location of the Boer War, said Mr Gove.
The survey found that just over one question in five was answered correctly."
