Moving Beyond Fidelity Expectations: Rethinking Curriculum Reform for Controversial Topics in Post-Communist Settings

• Thomas Misco ^[1]
  1. [1] Miami University

     Miami University

     Township of Oxford, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Theory and research in social education, ISSN 0093-3104, Vol. 38, Nº 2, 2010, págs. 182-216
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study explores the implementation of a Holocaust curriculum, designed for Latvian schools through the method of curriculum deliberation, five years after its enactment. By exploring the complexity of implementation, the study provides a generative knowledge base for curriculum proposals, symposia, and other initiatives that seek to disrupt reticence on silenced controversial histories in post-communist and post-authoritarian states. The findings reveal the promises and challenges of implementation through a mutual adaptation lens, including the forces of student interest, academic freedom, institutional support, teacher training, and the structure and organization of curriculum.

    Similar to other post-communist and post-authoritarian states, Latvia faces a number of challenges, including the legacy of communism, the Ministry of Education's prescribed curriculum, few opportunities to address controversies, and limited instructional time.