The author applies a range of theories in his research with White-British primary school teachers to show how decolonising the history curriculum can generate new knowledge for all, in the face of imposed Eurocentric starting points for teaching and learning in history, and dominant white-cultural attitudes in primary school education.
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe is Doctor of Education at the School of Education, University of Brighton, UK. He has worked in Primary School Education and Higher Education for over twenty years. His academic research focuses on 20th century Black-British lives, experiences, and histories for advancing teaching, learning and education for all.
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1. Introduction.- 2. ‘Epistemic Violence’ in the History Curriculum.- 3. White Trainee-Teachers Reproduce Eurocentric and White- British Histories.- 4. Orienting with Historical Consciousness.- 5. Centring the Black Experience in Key Stage 2 Primary School British History.- 6. Transforming White-British Trainee- Teachers’ Thinking Through Black-British History.- 7. Opportunity, Action and Commitment.