Canon, slavernij en nationale identiteit? De weergave van het Nederlands slavernijverleden in lesmethoden na de invoering van de canon en haar invloed op de nationale identiteit.

Abstract

This research was conducted, to find an answer to the question: "In what way does the national identity comes forward when dealing with the canon window "Slavery" in teaching methods from 2009 to now?". The results were obtained by interpreting the discussion about the canon and national identity. This discussion concluded that teaching methods should take multiple positions in order to pursue a neutral identity development. The methods of teaching were subject to an analysis model that tested the quantity and quality of predetermined concepts. This study further showed that recent methods hardly made use of canon windows. This did not imply, however, that the teaching methods did not represent the national identity. The textbooks behaved independently in displaying national history. Thus, it could be concluded that the national identity in textbooks is particularly 'white'.