Social media, new technologies and history education

Kees Ribbens; Terry Haydn

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-52908-4_38

Social media, new technologies and history education

Kees Ribbens, Terry Haydn

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide studies

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Abstract

This chapter explores the implications of recent developments in technology and social media, having a significant impact on the way in which young people learn history in schools and outside schools. New technology not only has a positive influence on education, it also has unintended negative consequences. Positioning the increasing influence of the internet and social media in history education in a broader discourse about new technology and education, we pay attention to the potentially harmful effects on history education. Furthermore we focus on the attributes that are helpful to history teachers and students while reflecting on ways in which well-informed use of social media helps to obviate negative consequences of ‘bad’ history.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education
Editors	Mario Carretero, Stefan Berger, Maria Grever
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	735-753
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137529084
ISBN (Print)	9781137529077
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52908-4_38
Publication status	Published - Apr 2017

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historical culture
history education

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