Why we need to go beyond the history of war and conflict in our education

Why we need to go beyond the history of war and conflict in our education

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Children raised with some emphasis on the optimistic facet of human evolution can be much less possible to develop prejudices.
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Winning is so deeply embedded in our psyche that history is usually thought-about a chronicle of energy; a listing of who crushed whom and descriptions of rivalries amongst the robust. The destruction of Troy in 1193 BCE, Alexander’s defeat of Raja Purushothaman in 326 BCE, the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the First Battle of Panipat in 1556. The siege of…the war of …the sacking of… After all the fiery wars got here the Cold War.

The history of war and conflict is a deal with the political tendencies and divisive forces of the world and has historically been a component of the political agenda of education. “Students need to know the history of their nation,” is the basis of this examine programme. They do, they do. But is that each one?

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