History and Super Diversity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Context: Why Do Children’s Perspectives Matter?
3. The Research
4. Findings
4.1. History’s Contribution to Identity
4.2. What Do You Think You Should Study in History?
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion: Developing the Research Agenda
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Appendix
School | Student | Background | Detail |
---|---|---|---|
School 1 | Tom (m) | White | Indigenous |
Sarah (f) | White | Indigenous | |
Reba (f) | Jewish-Jamaican heritage | Long established, British born | |
Ahmed (m) | Somalian | Long established, British born | |
Afzia (f) | Pakistani | Long established, British born | |
Bahar (f) | Pakistani | Moved from Germany, then Holland, 2 years ago | |
Farah (m) | Somalian | Moved from Holland 7 years ago | |
Ayaan (f) | Somalian | Moved from Holland 8 years ago | |
Abdulahi (m) | Somalian | Moved from Somalia 7 years ago | |
Omar (m) | Somalian | Moved from Holland 6 years ago | |
School 2 | Jordan (m) | White | Indigenous |
Ellie (f) | White | Indigenous | |
Jess (f) | White | Indigenous | |
Georgia (f) | White | Indigenous | |
Molly (f) | White | Indigenous | |
Alex (m) | White | Indigenous | |
Jacob (m) | White | Moved from Poland 18 months ago. |
Interview Questions
- Why did you decide to choose history for GCSE?
- What have you studied in history before GCSE? What can you remember?
- What do you enjoy doing most in history? What topics? What sort of activities?
- Do you think students should study history at school? Why? Why not?
- What do you think you should study in history?
- What do you learn from history?
- What have family members told you about their lives when they were young?
- What family stories have been handed down in your family?
- What have family members told you about people in the past or events in history?
- What people or events have you learned about from your family that you have not learned about at school?
- How is history you learned about at home different from the history you learned about at school?
- Who in history do you /members of your family admire? Why?
- How have any groups been treated unfairly in the past?
- Do you believe any groups are treated unfairly today? Why or why not?
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Hawkey, K. History and Super Diversity. Educ. Sci. 2012, 2, 165-179. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci2040165
Hawkey K. History and Super Diversity. Education Sciences. 2012; 2(4):165-179. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci2040165
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