Teaching History for the Contemporary World Tensions, Challenges and Classroom Experiences in Higher Education

“The authors are adamant that teaching history should have a social justice and activism agenda. … I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend sections of it for foundational courses to my colleagues, post-secondary teachers, and students of history.” (Heather Gray Lamm, JACANZS, Vol. 2, September, 2022)

Dr Adele Nye is a Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies in the School of Education at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW. She is a specialist in History education in universities. She was the primary researcher in an ALTC funded national project called Historical Thinking in Higher Education. She is a member of the Australasian HIST-SoTL committee. She is the editor, with Jennifer Clark, of Teaching the Discipline of History in an Age of Standards (Springer, 2018).



Professor Jennifer Clark is currently Head of Humanities at the University of Adelaide. She has taught History in universities for over 25 years. She is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (UNE) and a national Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. She has been a partner on two ALTC/OLT grants exploring discipline standards. She is the editor, with Adele Nye, of Teaching the Discipline of History in an Age of Standards (Springer, 2018).