The release of a FOI to Scottish Government revealed numerous edits called for by Scottish civil servants in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee school textbooks. I have previously raised concerns about the narrow nature of the Scottish schools’ history curriculum with topic choices in senior phase presenting major issues. British history is reduced to boring and heinous acts, meanwhile Scottish history topics present pro-Scottish nationalist triumphs. The jubilee textbooks would have given an opportunity for global history exploration. Neil McLennan is an educator, author and former President of the Scottish Association of Teachers of History (SATH)

Source: The Herald September 02, 2022 11:32 UTC