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September 24, 2004
Scottish studies, not just Scottish history
The SNP conference has called for Scottish history to be taught in schools. Amazing that it isn’t. This reminds me of the situation in third world countries (Hong Kong is a good example) where education is focused on the cultures of western countries and students know little about their own history, literature, geography etc.
However teaching just history is not the answer, students need a general knowledge of Scotland including the natural sciences, prehistory, literature etc., and above all they should get out of the classroom and actually learn about the country from direct experience on field trip projects.
news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=324&id=1117672004
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 24, 2004 11:45 AM