How Finnish upper secondary students conceive transgenerational responsibility and historical reparations: Implications for the history curriculum

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 515-539

  Löfström, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

focus groups; historical consciousness; historical reparation; history education; transgenerational responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903818568     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2013.859301     Document Type: Article

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