We saw inhumanity close up'. What is gained by school students from scotland visiting auschwitz?

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-184

  Cowan, Paula ^a   Maitles, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auschwitz; Citizenship; Education; Holocaust; Memorials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957466979     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2010.542831     Document Type: Article

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