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A common textbook for Europe? Utopia or a Crucial Challenge?

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Geschichtslernen — Innovationen und Reflexionen

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EUROCLIO decided in spring 2007 to acclaim the initiative of the European Union’s presidency, Germany, to launch a common European history book for secondary school education.1 This was a radical change with its traditional policy, where it always recoiled from the idea of a common text or resource book on the history of Europe, as history educators throughout Europe feared that it would create a watered down official European narrative as result.2

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van der Leeuw-Roord, J. (2008). A common textbook for Europe? Utopia or a Crucial Challenge?. In: Bauer, JP., Meyer-Hamme, J., Körber, A. (eds) Geschichtslernen — Innovationen und Reflexionen. Reihe Geschichtswissenschaft. Centaurus Verlag & Media, Herbolzheim. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-86226-836-8_2

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