Tal, N.;
(2024)
The teaching of traumatic narratives: out-of-the-classroom engagement with non-canonical ‘chosen traumas’.
History Education Research Journal
, 21
(1)
, Article 11. 10.14324/HERJ.21.1.11.
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Abstract
This article explores the intersection of history education and traumatic narratives, focusing on the impact of out-of-the-classroom learning experiences on the teaching of history during turbulent periods. Through a case study of history teacher training in contemporary Israel, it investigates how exposure to others’ troubled histories and past traumas outside the traditional classroom setting influences the personal, disciplinary, pedagogical and professional-educational development of prospective history educators. Drawing on qualitative analysis of reflection sheets and teaching materials generated by students during a course conducted in February 2024, the research focuses on field trips to two non-canonical sites of historical trauma in Israel: the Museum of the Kfar Qassim Massacre and the Gush Katif Museum. In both these locations participants encountered others’ narratives of collective suffering, loss and conflict. By examining the material produced amid the students’ own recent traumas, the article illuminates the complex interplay between historical consciousness, pedagogical practice and societal upheaval in the training of history teachers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The teaching of traumatic narratives: out-of-the-classroom engagement with non-canonical ‘chosen traumas’ |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/HERJ.21.1.11 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/HERJ.21.1.11 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024, Nimrod Tal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | troubled past, historical trauma, history teaching, teacher training, conflict transformation, history teachers’ professional development, museums |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199745 |
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