The Right Kind of History Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century England

The fruit of a two-year research project, this book aims to provide the first historical account of the teaching of history in twentieth-century England, and a series of reflections and suggestions which will inform, feed into and influence the current debate over teaching in schools, a debate which seems likely to go on for several years.

David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University. Among his books are The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, G.M. Trevelyan: A Life in History, Class in Britain, Ornamentalism: How the British Saw their Empire, Mellon: An American Life, and Making History Now and Then. Jenny Keating is a Research Fellow for the History in Education Project at the Institute of Historical Research. She has been a museum curator, teacher, advice worker and journalist and is author of A Child for Keeps: The History of Adoption in England, 1918-45 Nicola Sheldon works for the Institute of Education in teacher training, having worked for 16 years in secondary education. She has published articles in the journal History of Education and on contemporary educational issues via www.historyandpolicy.org.

Introduction
1900-1918
1918-1959
1960-1980
1980 to the Present Day
Conclusion