Some views on the nature and purpose of teaching history in schools

WHO SAID WHAT

1. Politician: J. W. Willis Bund, Education Chairman, Worcester County Council 1908
2. Historian: H. A. Drummond, "History in Schools", 1929
3. Politician: Sir Keith Joseph (1984)
4. Historian: C. P. Hill
5. Historian: G. Elton
6. Historian: Lord Elton
7. Politician: Margaret Thatcher
8. Historian: A Bullock
9. Educationalist: H. M. I.
10. Historian: J. Kenyon
11. Historian: G. Elton
12. Historian: A. Bullock
13. Educationalist: H.M.I.
14. Politician: K. Baker
15. ? Difficult to classify- owner of a stately home, M. Saunders-Watson (Chaired the History Working Group which drafted the National Curriculum for History Mark I)
16. Educationalist: P. D. Thomas (U.S. Academic)
17. Historian: K. Baker
18. Historian: G. Elton
19. Politician: K. Baker
20. Educationalist: H.M.I.
21. Educationalist: H.M.I.
22. Historian: J. Richards (Academic, Lancaster University)
23. Educationalist: H.M.I.
24. Educationalist: H.M.I.
25. Historian: A. Marwick
26. Politician (?) Department of Education and Science.

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