Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts

Abstract

Section 1: Settings 1. Introduction: Controversy, History, and History Education in Asia Loh Kah Seng, Mark Baildon, Ivy Maria Lim, Gul Inanc, and Junaidah Jaffar 2. Teaching Controversial Issues in the Classroom: The Exciting Potential of Disciplinary History Stuart Foster Section 2: Controversies in History Textbooks 3. The Battle Over Memory of the Nation: Whose National History? Helen Ting 4. The Other Side of Silence: Religion and Conflict in Indian Textbooks Deepa Nair 5. How Can We Teach the Old Foe's Wounds? Analysis of Descriptions of the Japanese Occupation and the Atomic Bombs in Vietnamese and Singaporean Textbooks Eisuke Saito, Theresa Alviar-Martin and Khong Thi Diem Hang 6. Constructing the Nation: Portrayals of National Identity in Singapore's School Textbook Narratives of the Japanese Occupation Khatera Khamsi and Paul Morris 7. Japanese Textbooks and the Asia-Pacific War: Apportioning Blame Jean-Louis Margolin 8. Representing the War in Manga Karl Ian Cheng Chua 9. Between Remembering and Protecting: Introduction of Cultural Heritage into Singapore's Primary Social Studies Syllabus 2012 Gul Inanc Section 3: Teaching Historical Controversy 10. Academic Controversy and Singapore History: Context, Teachers and Subpublics Loh Kah Seng and Junaidah Jaffar 11. Teaching of Historical Controversies using the SAC Approach: A Case of History Teachers in Singapore Ivy Maria Lim 12. A Disciplinary Approach to Teaching Historical Controversy in Singapore's Schools: The Case of the Internal Security Act Mark Baildon and Suhaimi Afandi 13. A Reflection on University Teaching of the Nanjing Controversy Jason Lim 14. Overcoming the 'Practicality Ethic' Denis Mootz 15. Diversity and Controversy in the Facilitated Classroom Sue Goodney Lea and Taiyi Sun