Discourses of Globalisation, and the Politics of History School Textbooks

Joseph Zajda is a Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specialises in globalisation and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 45 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalisation and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2021). Recent publications include: Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020c). Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms: Emerging paradigms. Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. (2018). He is an elected fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).

Chapter 1. Discourses of Globalisation, and the Politics of History Textbooks.- Chapter 2. Discourses of the Politics of History Textbooks.- Chapter 3. Historical Thinking and Historical Narratives in School Textbooks in a Global Culture.- Chapter 4. Key Historical Narratives in School Textbooks in the Russian Federation: 1992-2013.- Chapter 5. Cultivating Historical Understanding and the Use of Critical Discourse Analysis in Historical Narratives.- Chapter 6. Representing the Russian Revolution in Russian history Textbooks.- Chapter 7. Advantages of Teaching Historical Narratives in History Classrooms.