Oral History and Education

Kristina R. Llewellyn is Associate Professor of Social Development Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Canada. She is the co-editor of The Canadian Oral History Reader (2015) and the author of Democracy’s Angels: The Work of Women Teachers (2012). Nicholas Ng-A-Fook is a Professor of Curriculum Theory and the Director of the Teacher Education program at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is the co-editor of Reconsidering Canadian Curriculum Studies. He is the founder of A Canadian Curriculum Theory Project.

“Llewellyn and Ng-A-Fook’s edited collection is an examination of the ways oral history education can serve a wider social purpose by which authority and knowledge can be shared through multiple participants. … consider the role of oral history as a vital research tool and source for scholars, teachers, and students alike.” (Funké Aladejebi, Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 31 (1), 2019)

• 1. Introduction.- I.  Conceptual and Theoretical Approaches.- 2. Oral History as Peace Pedagogy.- 3. Pedagogical Approaches to Oral History in Schools.- 4. Historical Thinking, Oral History, and Reconciliation Education.- 5. When Oral History Calls on You: Stories from Nunavut.- 6. Feminist Pedagogies and Histories of Choice: Using Student-Led Oral Histories to Engage Reproductive Rights.- 7. STEM Histories: Complicating Dominant (Object-Oriented) Narratives.- II. Methodological and Pedagogical Dilemmas.- 8. “We tell stories ourselves in order to live”: The Pedagogical Limits of Testimony as Oral History.- 9. Where Macro and Micro Histories Meet: Position, Trumps, and Pitfalls of Family History as a Form of Oral History in Flemish Education.- 10. Ethical Complexities for History Teachers: Accredited Oral History Training in Australia.- 11. Re-Visioning Self-Determination: Planning for Culturally Sustaining/Revitalizing Oral Histories with Indigenous Communities.- 12. Remembrance as a Digitally Mediated Practice of Pedagogy.- III. Programs and Practices.- 13. Inspiring Pedagogy: Talking to Educators about Oral History in the Classroom.- 14. Collecting Family Oral Histories in an Elementary Classroom: Shaping Stories as they Shape Us.- 15. Developing Student Teachers’ Historical Thinking: Oral History in Teacher Education.- 16. Oral History Pedagogy in Situations of Conflict: Experiences from Colombia, 1996-2014.- 17. Learning with and from Rwandan Survivor-Historians: Testimonial Oral History as Relationship Building in School.- 18. Learning with Digital Testimonies in Germany: Educational Material on Nazi Forced Labor and the Holocaust