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Decolonising the History Curriculum

Euro-centrism and Primary Schooling

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Authors:
  1. Marlon Lee Moncrieffe

    1. School of Education, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

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  • Calls for the decolonisation of the Key stage 2 national history curriculum
  • Centres the author’s Black-British identity by exploring narrative and biographical methodologies
  • Illuminates the potential for transformative change for minority-ethnic children who are often marginalised by the national curriculum

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 1-12

  3. ‘Epistemic Violence’ in the History Curriculum

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 13-23

  4. White Trainee-Teachers Reproduce Eurocentric and White-British Histories

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 25-45

  5. Orienting with Historical Consciousness

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 47-56

  6. Centring the Black Experience in Key Stage 2 Primary School British History

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 57-75

  7. Transforming White-British Trainee-Teachers’ Thinking Through Black-British History

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 77-84

  8. Opportunity, Action and Commitment

    • Marlon Lee Moncrieffe
    Pages 85-90

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 91-94
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About this book

This book calls for a reconceptualisation and decolonisation of the Key Stage 2 national history curriculum. The author applies a range of theories in his research with White-British primary school teachers to show how decolonising the history curriculum can generate new knowledge for all, in the face of imposed Eurocentric starting points for teaching and learning in history, and dominant white-cultural attitudes in primary school education. Through both narrative and biographical methodologies, the author presents how teaching and learning Black-British history in schools can be achieved, and centres his Black-British identity and minority-ethnic group experience alongside the immigrant Black-Jamaican perspective of his mother to support a framework of critical thinking of curriculum decolonisation. This book illustrates the potential of transformative thinking and action that can be employed as social justice for minority-ethnic group children who are marginalized in their educational development and learning by the dominant discourses of British history, national building and national identity.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Marlon Lee Moncrieffe

About the author

Marlon Lee Moncrieffe is Doctor of Education at the School of Education, University of Brighton, UK. He has worked in Primary School Education and Higher Education for over twenty years. His academic research focuses on 20th century Black-British lives, experiences, and histories for advancing teaching, learning and education for all.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decolonising the History Curriculum

  • Book Subtitle: Euro-centrism and Primary Schooling

  • Authors: Marlon Lee Moncrieffe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57945-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57944-9Published: 25 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57947-0Published: 25 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57945-6Published: 24 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 94

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Curriculum Studies, Sociology of Education, History of Education, Schools and Schooling, Ethnicity in Education, Sociology of Education

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