Coming Of Age In The ‘Lost’ History Of Communism: Teaching The
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Coming Of Age In The ‘Lost’ History Of Communism: Teaching The Post-Wall Generations

WALTER, Aaron

Basic information

Original name

Coming Of Age In The ‘Lost’ History Of Communism: Teaching The Post-Wall Generations

Authors

WALTER, Aaron

Edition

ICERI (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation), 2013

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

History, Communism, Teaching

Abstract

V originále

In the historiography of post-Communist nations, historical genres such as political history and social history is more often, not discussed in the classroom, allowing for a qualitatively weak background in the social sciences as well as collective memory. For the successive generations who have completed secondary education since 1989 this is proving fertile ground for “lost” generations in Central Europe and Slovakia in particular, giving a challenge to instructors who facilitate courses and discussions on this period of history and post-Cold War political and economic developments. Moreover, for instructors from Western Europe and North American education systems, the level of standardization of instruction typical in the secondary education level is familiar to practitioners, however it is lacking in central and Eastern Europe where textbook and education reform has been undertaken in a highly charged political atmosphere. The result has been haphazard at best with political and social history after 1968 largely ignored besides a few specific events. For instruction at the university level, undertaken by expatriate lecturers, holding class discussions on subjects such as ‘shock therapy’ or ‘turncoats’ often is a lesson on the event or person instead of the intended intellectual exploration. The following paper concentrates on the challenges teaching and facilitating classroom discussions by expatriate teachers in Slovakia from the period 1998-2013 on the heritage of communism to the present political, socio-cultural, and economic system.

Citovat

WALTER, Aaron. Coming Of Age In The ‘Lost’ History Of Communism: Teaching The Post-Wall Generations. In ICERI (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation). 2013.

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WALTER, Aaron. Coming Of Age In The ‘Lost’ History Of Communism: Teaching The Post-Wall Generations. In \textit{ICERI (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation)}. 2013.

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