The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on
Anargyrios
& Korgialenios School of Spetses
SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001
Dr Efthalia Konstantinidou
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Preschool Education, School
of Pedagogy of Florina,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Florina, Greece
Reconsidering the Constitution of School Historical Knowledge:
The Greek History Schoolbooks as Texts of National Identity
Abstract
By considering knowledge and identity as constituted
through textual/social practices, I attempt to read the Greek
history schoolbooks as products both of their authors' rhetorical
fact-construction strategies, especially that of narrative, and
of the tradition of argumentation of the historical representation
of the Greek nation. Adopting this reading position leads to
a reconsideration of the history curriculum and to a need for
creating alternatives for history teaching. Critical historical
literacy could be one of them, putting an emphasis on a combination
of history and language teaching and aiming at a reflexive teaching
and learning, where historical knowledge and identity are constantly
under negotiation.
Bionote
Studies
2000 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department
of Psychology, Doctoral Diploma in Psychology, Subject area:
Social psychology
1992 University of Lancaster, U.K., Department of Psychology,
Postgraduate
Diploma in Research Techniques in Psychology
1988 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Department
of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, B.A. in Philosophy, Pedagogy
and Psychology, orientation: Psychology
Teaching
1998-2001 Teaching as adjunct lecturer at the Department of Preschool
Education, School of Pedagogy of Florina, Aristotle University
of
Thessaloniki. Courses: Social Psychology, History of Psychology
1995-1997 Teaching as teacher of humanities in secondary education
Research
1992-1994 Research assistant at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece, Department of Psychology. Project "The Greek schoolbooks
and UNESCO" (Director: Prof. D.Papadopoulou)
Publications
1999 Constructing national identity: The case of the Greek history
schoolbooks. Psychologia, 6, 227-235
1999 Changes in the Greek history schoolbooks: How effective
are they in "improving" the image of the national other?
In the Proceedings of the International Conference on "The
image of the "other"/neighbour in the schoolbooks of
the Balkan countries (pp. 375-391). Athens: Typothito-G.Dardanos.
Presentation Type
30 min. Paper
Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
OHP
Speaking Date/Time Restrictions
Country
Greece