Medieval History
Historians have criticised Scotland's school curriculum body after inaccuracies were found in its teaching materials.
Christopher Whatley, professor of Scottish history at Dundee University, led an expert group at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) which found "a considerable number of inaccuracies".
The report by the RSE also criticised the materials from Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) for "excessive concentration" on the Second World War. The materials are Higher history resources, available nationwide to pupils through the school intranet, Glow.
Click here to read this article from The Scotsman
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Medieval History
Online history lessons littered with schoolboy errors, warns Royal Society
Historians have criticised Scotland's school curriculum body after inaccuracies were found in its teaching materials.
Christopher Whatley, professor of Scottish history at Dundee University, led an expert group at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) which found "a considerable number of inaccuracies".
The report by the RSE also criticised the materials from Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) for "excessive concentration" on the Second World War. The materials are Higher history resources, available nationwide to pupils through the school intranet, Glow.
Click here to read this article from The Scotsman
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