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HERJ, an international, diamond open-access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the global significance and impact of history education. Published by UCL Press @ https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj
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How do children develop a sense of history before formal schooling begins? This article in HERJ explores how children between the ages of 7 and 12 engage with the past in informal contexts offering insight into informal “everyday historical thinking”: doi.org/10.14324/HER...

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HERJ is delighted to announce the deadline to submit expressions of interest in this series on 'Shifting practices in #HistoryEducation in Africa' is extended to June 1st. Find out more about this series, including how to submit an expression of interest here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/25/

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Just a few weeks to go for expressions of interest in this series. journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/25/ This series seeks to hear from scholars pointing to instances of inclusive history education, decolonial history education or imagining history education otherwise.

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How can historical consciousness catalyse a social justice approach to history? This article explores Ahonen’s understandings of historical consciousness as a social justice approach to implementing history curricula, which counters post-truth conditions: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

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"Climate crisis, the Anthropocene and the future" - Must Read! Great work by Nina Reusch and @matthiassieberkrob.bsky.social

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WHAT IS SAID AND WHAT IS UNSAID? THE PROBLEMS AT THE HEART OF THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT REVIEW Reflections on why the continued and uncritical use of 'knowledge-rich' and 'mastery' presents huge issues for history teaching. Inspired by @andrewemc.bsky.social ‪@barbarableiman.bsky.social‬

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HERJ has a #CallForPapers on Shifting Practices in #HistoryEducation in Africa: Critical Perspectives and New Directions. For more information, including how to contribute, read the full call here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/25/ Articles will publish #OpenAccess and without APC

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HERJ has a #CallForPapers on Shifting Practices in #HistoryEducation in Africa: Critical Perspectives and New Directions. For more information, including how to contribute, read the full call here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/25/ Articles will publish #OpenAccess and without APC

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Excting to see this Curriculum Journal article building on Dan Nuttall's previous work, published in HERJ - one of our most downloaded @uclpress.bsky.social HERJ articles! journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

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📢New publication!📢 HERJ is delighted to publish our latest #OpenAccess publication, 'Climate crisis, the Anthropocene and the future: historical thinking in the German climate movement', by @matthiassieberkrob.bsky.social and Nina Reusch. doi.org/10.14324/HER... Here's why you should read it 👇🏽

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Delighted to publish our first diamond open access article for February 2025 - thank you @lsgibson.bsky.social for your article on 'the rise and fall of Jackdaws between 1963 & 1977'! journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @coe.int 1/2

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📢New publication! 📢 In this article, HERJ Editorial Board Member, Lindsay Gibson provides a history of Jackdaws, and explains why they were initially popular as a learning resource for teaching history, and why their popularity waned from the mid-1970s: doi.org/10.14324/HER...

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How much has history education research changed in the last 100 years? Read this fascinating article by @jmiles.bsky.social on researching history education in Canada: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article... Part of the 'History education in historical perspective' series.

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Did you keep up with HERJ in 2024? Get up to date with findings of significant interest in recent years with this post from UCL Press Journals, featuring highly cited articles 🌟 The collection features two impactful articles published in HERJ 📄 Read it here: bit.ly/4aDFlL1 #EducationResearch

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🎉 Celebrate International Day of #Education with HERJ! As we think about how we learn, today we’re highlighting this article exploring challenges faced by #multilingual learners in English-first classrooms. Read it here to learn how #Language can be a barrier as much as a tool: bit.ly/4g3J5GJ

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How we can shift our focus to learning from, not learning about, #Indigenous scholarship? This article published in HERJ rethinks #History Education through Arctic Indigenous perspectives, promoting epistemic justice and #sustainability in learning. Read it free here: bit.ly/4hs3CGm

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Join @royweintraub.bsky.social & @lsgibson.bsky.social 4 this free online @ioe.bsky.social History Special Interest Group seminar @ 5.00-6.30pm GMT on the 7th January - The Nakba in Israeli history education: Ethical judgments in an ongoing conflict. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2024... #historyeducation

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HERJ has an open call for papers on Mixed Methods and Triangulation in History Education Research. Submissions can be made directly on the journal's submission site. Find out more here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/collect...

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🎁2024 wrapped - Take a look at the articles published in HERJ this year and see what your peers are writing about. A major theme in HERJ publications in 2024 is students' perspective on and interpretation of #History, with developing themes on #textbooks and #curricula. 👇🏽

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HERJ has a #CallForPapers on Investigating the Relationship Between Generative #ArtificialIntelligence and #HistoryEducation. For more information, including how to contribute, read the full call here: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/25/ Articles will publish #OpenAccess and without APC

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Gr8 2 end the year with our 15th open access article of 2024. Thannks 2 HERJ's authors, readers, reviewers & editors for their contributions 2 making this diamond open access journal the cutting edge enterprise it is. Looking 4ward 2 2025! journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/articles/ #historyeducation

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📢New publication!📢 The final publication for the current volume has published today. Part of the series on 'history education in historical perspective' read this 25-year overview of #HistoryEducation in Portugal: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

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In this HERJ blog, the authors explain how their research, at @ioe.bsky.social, links with the theme of the current HERJ series on History education in historical perspective. Delve into the work of the authors, and their reasons for publishing in HERJ: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/59/

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📢New publication!📢 "Comparative portrayals of the British Empire in history textbooks" This fascinating article explores how the #BritishEmpire, #migration and #belonging are taught in English secondary schools. Read the full, #OpenAccess paper here: doi.org/10.14324/HER...

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