Reasons for Hope? The UK Social Attitudes Survey and Historical Literacy

2025/05/04 by Alan Lester · 2 voices
Social Sciences · #Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy #Religious Education and Schools

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2493763

Abstract

A recent social attitudes survey indicates shifting views of history and identity in the UK. It is lamented by the right wing and at odds with the nationalist and populist tendency in the USA and much of Europe, but it offers hope for a more progressive and inclusive British identity in the future.

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