Europe and the nation in current Swiss textbooks.

Autor/in	Furrer, Markus
Titel	Europe and the nation in current Swiss textbooks.
Quelle	Aus: Gorbahn, Katja (Hrsg.); Hallsteinsdóttir, Erla (Hrsg.); Engberg, Jan (Hrsg.): Exploring interconnectedness. Constructions of European and national identities in educational media. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG (2023) S. 19-45 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
Beigaben	Literaturangaben S. 42-45
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-031-13959-8; 978-3-031-13960-4; 978-3-031-13961-1; 978-3-031-13962-8
DOI	10.1007/978-3-031-13960-4_2
Schlagwörter	Bildungsforschung; Sekundarstufe I; Lehrmittel; Schulbuch; Geschichtsunterricht; Europäische Integration; Nation; Nationalbewusstsein; Politische Einstellung; Schweiz
Abstract	In this chapter, I examine how Europe is represented in textbooks. I focus on current textbooks for lower secondary schools and ask how Europe appears in the teaching material. I also examine how it is presented and interconnected with perspectives on Switzerland. My focus is on history instruction material at a time when the question of the further development of the European Union is intensely debated, as is that of Europe's place in the world. This study touches on various topics. When considering how historical processes and spatial allocations are presented in teaching material, the fundamental question is what the science of history has to say about it. There is also the specific question of how historical processes may be represented in history textbooks for schools. History books have characteristic features and are subject to general conditions; this must be considered. They also have specific socio-political functions in the educational system. If we examine the question of how the European dimension is intertwined with the national and global dimensions in textbooks, then it is worth clarifying various preliminary questions. One is that of Europe as a theoretical concept in the study of history. What is European history and how may it be constructed? Europe consists of various nation-states, which are also integrated into the region in different ways. In the case of Switzerland, this raises specific questions concerning its representation of Europe, as the view and historical experience of a small state play a significant role here.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2024/1