History Matters: creating 'joined-up' resources for a diverse history curriculum

2014年9月，在经历了长时间的争议之后，新的英国国家课程开始实施，尤其是围绕英语和历史课程的修订。国家历史课程尤其有争议，被指责过于关注狭隘的英国“岛屿故事”，而牺牲了更全球化的视野和内容。此外，“岛屿”叙事因促进“英国身份”和“英国历史”的同质化叙述而受到严厉批评，这抹去了它的全球/帝国历史、悠久的移民历史和当代多元文化英国的基础。2012年，“黑人投票行动”（Operation Black Vote）发起了一项运动，要求在课程中保留关键的黑人人物，获得了超过3.6万个签名，其中包括主要的政治家。2015年，一项将黑人历史列为小学课程必修课程的运动获得了近4.4万个签名。虽然修订后的课程解决了其中的一些问题，并提供了学习古代文明、奴隶制和非欧洲历史的机会，但“在国内”接触英国多样化历史的空间仍然很小。因此，在2014年12月，OCR考试委员会透露，他们计划引入一个新的GCSE历史模块“移民到英国”，探索过去2000年移民对英国的影响——这是第一个也是迄今为止唯一一个此类模块。然而，支撑该模块的内容和资源尚未开发。我们之前的两个成功的AHRC资助的后续项目“创造历史”和“历史课程”，使用口述和当地历史来探索移民到英国，揭示了学生和教师对英国黑人历史的兴趣，以及教师在如何教授多样性方面的不确定性，以及缺乏可用资源。缺乏容易获得的资源，加上对教师时间和专业知识的需求增加，很可能导致OCR和其他未来倡议的失败。然而，我们之前的项目也显示了学者、博物馆和档案馆、口述和当地历史学家、黑人历史档案馆以及教师的强烈意愿，他们愿意合作制作可供教师和学校采用的材料。目前的项目计划以以前的研究经验和合作联系为基础，开发连贯和可访问的资源，以支持关键阶段4 （GCSE）不同历史的教学。在与Runnymede和OCR考试委员会的合作中，我们将汇集一系列学者，历史学家，教师和利益相关者，开发一个创新的在线互动网站，该网站研究了20世纪和21世纪移民到英国的历史，并探讨了塑造当代多元文化英国的各种移民流动。该项目寻求与一系列合作伙伴和利益相关者合作，开展独特的合作，旨在使历史课程多样化，并生产适当的、创新的和可访问的在线资源，以支持教师和学生在这一过程中。借鉴类似的基于研究的网站和资源，比如那些关于奴隶制的网站和资源，该项目将促进课程开发和支持的“联合”方法，将学术研究、工作计划、主要资源和支持材料汇集在一起，为希望教授或研究英国不同历史的学校、教师和年轻人提供“一站式服务”。

The new National Curriculum for Schools in England came into force in September 2014 in the wake of prolonged controversy, notably around the revisions to the English and History curricula. The History National Curriculum was particularly controversial, accused of being overly focused on a narrowly conceived and celebratory British 'island story' at the expense of a more global outlook and content. Moreover, the 'island' narrative was heavily criticised for promoting a homogeneous account of 'British identity' and 'British history', which erased its global/imperial past, its long history of migration and the foundations of contemporary multicultural Britain. A campaign by Operation Black Vote in 2012 to retain key black figures in the curriculum garnered over 36,000 signatures, including leading politicians, while a 2015 recent campaign to make black history a mandatory part of the primary curriculum received nearly 44,000 signatures.While the revised curriculum addressed some of these concerns, and offers the opportunity for study of ancient civilisations, slavery and non-European histories, there is still little scope for engaging with Britain's diverse history 'at home'. Accordingly, in December 2014, the OCR exam board revealed its plans to introduce a new GCSE history module 'Migration into Britain', exploring the impact of migration on Britain over the past 2000 years - the first and, to date, only module of its kind. However, the content and resources underpinning this module are as yet undeveloped.Our previous two successful AHRC funded follow-on projects 'Making Histories' and 'History Lessons', which used oral and local histories to explore migration to Britain, revealed both an appetite for black British histories amongst pupils and teachers, and uncertainty on the part of teachers as to how to teach diversity, as well as a lack of available resources. This lack of easily accessible resources, along with the increased demands on teachers' time and expertise, is likely to doom the OCR's and other future initiatives to failure. However, our previous projects also demonstrate a strong willingness by academics, museums and archives, oral and local historians and black history archives, as well as teachers, to collaborate on producing materials that can be adopted by teachers and schools. The current project plans to build on previous research experience and collaborative links to develop coherent and accessible resources to support the teaching of diverse histories at Key Stage 4 (GCSE). In partnership with Runnymede and the OCR exam board, we will bring together a range of academics, historians, teachers and stakeholders, to develop an innovative online interactive website, which examines the history of migration to Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries, and explores the various migration flows that have shaped contemporary multicultural Britain. The project seeks to engage a range of partners and stakeholders in a unique collaborative venture aimed at diversifying the history curriculum and producing appropriate, innovative and accessible online resources to support teachers and pupils in this process. Drawing on similar research-based websites and resources, such as those dealing with slavery, the project will facilitate a 'joined-up' approach to curriculum development and support, bringing together academic research, schemes of work, primary resources and supporting material to provide a 'one stop shop' for schools, teachers and young people wishing to teach or study Britain's diverse histories.