CiNii 図書 - Classroom in conflict : teaching controversial subjects in a diverse society

This book transcends recent debates about political correctness to address the underlying problems of teaching controversial subjects in the college and university history classroom. The author criticizes both sides of the debate, rejecting, on the one hand, calls for a uniform, chronological history curriculum and, on the other hand, claims that only ethnic or racial "insiders" are qualified to teach about their communities. In chapters on colonial, comparative, and African history, Williams applies the concept of "Gandhian truth" to historical subjects, moving through tentative and flexible perspectives to achieve a complex picture of historical episodes. And in chapters on imperialism, nationalism, racism, and the problem of "the other," he discusses the difficult and contingent nature of conceptual language. In the second half of the book, he addresses framing rules of discussion by which sensitive issues can be discussed with diverse audiences, the relationship of American pluralism to a world perspective, and what can be accomplished through an education in pluralism.

Foreword by William R. Taylor Acknowledgments 1. One Classroom: An Introduction 2. Conflicting Views of the Classroom Revolution 3. The Teacher's Pitch and the Student Audience 4. Insiders and Outsiders 5. The Colonizer and the Colonized 6. The Uses of Comparative History 7. Teaching a Racially Sensitive Subject 8. On Understanding the South African Freedom Struggle 9. Imperialism 10. Nationalism and Racism: The Keywords 11. Structures of Argument in African History 12. The Other: The Problem of Authenticity 13. The World Context of American Pluralism 14. Learning in the Pluralist Classroom 15. The Rules of Discussion 16. In Pursuit of Pluralism Bibliography Index

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