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Dr Alan McCully
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Research

Research

The teaching of Controversial Issues.
The interface between formal historical learning and history learned in the community and elsewhere.

Recent Publications

Number of items: 30.

Reilly, Jacqueline and McCully, A.W. (2011) Critical Thinking And History Teaching In A Contested Society: The Potential Influence Of Social Cognitions.. In: American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting , New Orleans. American Educational Research Association .

McCully, Alan and Barton, K.C. (2010) “You can form your own point of view”: Internally persuasive discourse in Northern Ireland Students’ encounters with History. Teachers’ College Record, 112 (1). pp. 142-181.

McCully, Alan (2010) History Teaching, 'Truth Recovery' and Reconciliation. In: Memory and Pedagogy. (Eds: Mitchell , Claudia, Strong-Wilson, Teresa, Pithouse, Kathleen and Allnutt, Susann), Routledge, pp. 161-176. ISBN 978-0-415-88380-1

McCully, Alan (2010) What Role for History Teaching in the Transitional Justice Process in Deeply Divided Societies?. In: Contemporary Public Debates Over History Education: A volume in International Review of History Education. (Eds: Nakou, Irene and Barca, Isobel), Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, North Carolina, pp. 169-184. ISBN 978-1-61735-107-5

McCully, Alan and Montgomery, Alison (2009) Knowledge, skills and dispositions:educating history teachers in a divided society. International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research, 8 (2). pp. 92-105.

McCully, Alan (2009) The Contribution of History Teaching to Peace-building. In: Handbook of Peace Education. (Eds: Salomon, Gavriel and Cairns, Ed), Psychology Press, pp. 213-222. ISBN 978-0-8058-6252-2

McCully, Alan and Barton , (2009) When History teaching really matters: understanding the intervention of School History on students’ neighbourhood learning in Northern Ireland. International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research, 8 (1). pp. 28-46.

McCully, Alan (2008) Reflections on the Local and global Citizenship Programmes in Northern Ireland. In: Education for Citizenship and Diversity in Irish Contexts. (Eds: O'Connor, Una and Jeffers, Gerry), Institute of Public Administration, pp. 1-10. ISBN 978-1-904541-77-6

McCully, A.W. and Barton , K.C. (2007) Teaching Controversial Issues.... where controversial issues really matter. Teaching History, 127 (127).

McCully, Alan (2007) Recent Research on Teaching History in Northern Ireland: Informing Curriculum Change. Nuffield Foundation. UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster. 42 pp.

McCully, Alan (2006) Practitioner perceptions of their role in facilitating the handling of controversial issues in contested societies: a Northern Irish experience.. Educational Review, 58 (1). pp. 51-56.

McCully, Alan, O'Connor, Una, Smith, Ron, Kelly , Clodagh and Hartop, Brendan (2006) What does it mean to be a community relations professional in Northern Irish education? Some research-based answers. Reflective Practice , 7 (2). pp. 215-231.

Barton , K.C. and McCully, A.W. (2005) History, Identity and the School Curriculum in Northern Ireland: An Empirical Study of Secondary Students’ Ideas and Perspectives. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 37 (1). pp. 85-116.

McCully, Alan and Kitson , Alison (2005) ‘You hear about it for real in school.’ Avoiding, containing and risk-taking in the history classroom. Teaching History, 120 (120). pp. 32-37.

McCully, Alan (2005) Controversial Issues, Citizenship and History . In: Teaching Sensitive and Controversial Issues in History. (Eds: Mills, Garry), History Teacher Education Network, pp. 34-43. ISBN 978-085-358-2311

McCully, Alan (2005) Teaching Controversial Issues in a Divided Society: Learning from Northern Ireland. Prospero, 11 (4). pp. 38-46.

McCully, Alan and Pilgrim , Nigel (2004) ‘‘They took Ireland away from us and we have to fight to get it back’’: Using fictional characters to explore the relationship between historical interpretation and contemporary attitudes. Teaching History, 114 (114). pp. 17-21.

McCully, Alan, Barton , K.C. and Marks , M.J. (2004) Reflecting on elementary children's understanding of history and social studies: An inquiry project with beginning teachers in Northern Ireland and the United States.. Journal of Teacher Education, 55 (55). pp. 70-90.

McCully, Alan, Barton , K.C. and Conway, Margaret (2003) History Education and National Identity in Northern Ireland. . International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research, 3 (1). pp. 31-43.

McCully, Alan (2003) History Education’s Responses to a Divided Community: the example of Northern Ireland . History in Teaching (Journal of the Society for Croatian History)., 2 (2).

McCully, Alan (2003) History teaching and the perpetuation of memories: The Northern Ireland experience. In: The Role of memory in Ethnic Conflict. (Eds: Cairns, Ed and Roe, Michael), Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 107-124. ISBN 780333751336

McCully, Alan, Hartop, Brendan and Barton, Keith (2003) Teaching History in Societies Emerging from Conflict. Nuffield Foundation. UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster.. 19 pp.

McCully, Alan, Pilgrim, Nigel, Sutherland , Aleric and McMinn, Tara (2002) “Don’t worry, Mr. Trimble, we can handle it” : balancing the emotional with the rational in teaching of contentious topics. Teaching History, 106 (106). pp. 6-12.

McCully, Alan and Montgomery, Alison (2000) What have values got to do with it?. In: Innovation and methodology: Opportunities and Constraints in History Teacher Education. (Eds: Easdown , Graeme), History Teacher Education Network, pp. 55-66. ISBN 1870863100

McCully, Alan, Smyth, Paul and O'Doherty, Marian (1999) Exploring Controversial Issues in Northern Ireland. Irish Educational Studies, 18. pp. 49-61.

McCully, Alan, Phillips, Robert, Goalen, Paul and Wood, Sydney (1999) Four Histories, One nation? History teaching, nationhood and a British identity. Compare, 29 (2). pp. 153-169.

McCully, Alan, O'Doherty, Marian and Smyth , Paul (1999) The Speak Your Piece Project: Exploring controversial issues in Northern Ireland . In: Peacebuilding for Adolescents: Strategies for Teachers and Community Leaders. (Eds: Forcey , Linda and Harris , Ian), Peter Lang, pp. 119-138. ISBN 082043745X

McCully, Alan (1998) “The Teaching of History in a Divided Community”. Council of Europe. Council of Europe. 14 pp.

Smith, Alan, McCully, Alan, O'Doherty, Marian, Smyth, Paul and O'Connor, Una (1996) Speak Your Piece. Exploring Controversial Issues. A Guide for Teachers, Youth and Community Workers. Channel 4 Television

McCully, Alan (1995) The Northern Irish History Curriculum and National Identity. In: Professional Preparation and Professional Development in a Climate of Change. (Eds: Kerr, David and O'Neill, Cliff), Standing Conference of History Teacher Educators / University College of St Martin, Lancaster, pp. 13-21. ISBN 1870863003

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Grants

Project Leader

National Identity and the History Curriculum in Northern Ireland: An Empirical Study of Students' Ideas and Beliefs
Funding Agency: The Royal Irish Academy

Embedding Community Relations in Initial Teacher Education, Funding Agencies: International Fund for Ireland / DENI Community Relations Branch

A Values Approach to Teacher Education Funding Agency: ESRC

 

Recent Research on History Teaching in Northern Ireland: Nuffield Foundation

Alan McCully
Keith Barton

(University of Cincinnati)

 

Alan McCully Barry Burgess Delores Loughery

 

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