Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building
The principal objective of this research is to assess the representation of Adwa in the Ethiopian secondary school curricular resources,especially textbooks and syllabus. I argue in this study that Adwa has not been given the coverage it deserves in Ethiopian secondary school cur...
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| description | The principal objective of this research is to assess the representation of Adwa in the Ethiopian secondary school curricular resources,especially textbooks and syllabus. I argue in this study that Adwa has not been given the coverage it deserves in Ethiopian secondary school curricular materials; syllabus, text books and other teaching-learning resources. Iclaim that high school history during the two regimes, the Derg and the EPRDF, hasnot been sufficiently exploited to promote our national consciousness, our historical achievements and the nation’s glorious past. The study demonstrates the linkage between power and knowledge creation, and the historical truism that states tend to support educational system and policy that guarantees their own survival and perpetuation. By so doingthestudy purports the instrumentality of Adwa in fostering community cohesion, patriotism, a sense of common past and other useful civic virtues, an objective which had not been adequately exploited thus far. This study therefore aims to demonstrate(mainly on the basis of content analysis of the resources at hand) that our shared common past such as the victory of Adwa had not been given the coverage it deserves in Ethiopian Secondary School curricular resources, reiterating that this has been a missed opportunity to promote community cohesion and national unity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d125cfe7409e4ec4bcaee5d43610ddab2023-05-28T11:52:56ZengAddis Ababa UniversityEthiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities1810-44872520-582X2022-06-0118195119Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation BuildingGirma Negash0Associate Professor, Department of History, Addis Ababa UniversityThe principal objective of this research is to assess the representation of Adwa in the Ethiopian secondary school curricular resources,especially textbooks and syllabus. I argue in this study that Adwa has not been given the coverage it deserves in Ethiopian secondary school curricular materials; syllabus, text books and other teaching-learning resources. Iclaim that high school history during the two regimes, the Derg and the EPRDF, hasnot been sufficiently exploited to promote our national consciousness, our historical achievements and the nation’s glorious past. The study demonstrates the linkage between power and knowledge creation, and the historical truism that states tend to support educational system and policy that guarantees their own survival and perpetuation. By so doingthestudy purports the instrumentality of Adwa in fostering community cohesion, patriotism, a sense of common past and other useful civic virtues, an objective which had not been adequately exploited thus far. This study therefore aims to demonstrate(mainly on the basis of content analysis of the resources at hand) that our shared common past such as the victory of Adwa had not been given the coverage it deserves in Ethiopian Secondary School curricular resources, reiterating that this has been a missed opportunity to promote community cohesion and national unity.http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/EJSSH/article/view/6419/5037adwacurriculumsyllabuscontent-analysis patriotismcivic virtuenation building |
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| title | Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building |
| title_full | Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building |
| title_fullStr | Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building |
| title_short | Adwa in Ethiopia’s High School History Curriculum: The Interface among History, Pedagogy, Ideology and Nation Building |
| title_sort | adwa in ethiopia s high school history curriculum the interface among history pedagogy ideology and nation building |
| topic | adwa curriculum syllabus content-analysis patriotism civic virtue nation building |
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