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Teaching Of History;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 521A1 in 1990-91, proposed by Harry Barnes on 26/02/1991.

Leave out from 'House' to end and add 'appreciates that the study of history calls for the development of a widening range of intellectual skills in which purposeful questioning is to the fore; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Education and Science to help create conditions in which those teaching history in schools are aware that any basic starting blocks of historical detail they ask their pupils to accept may in time need to be subjected to rigorous intellectual questioning, investigation and re-assessment.'.

This is a ammendment to 521.

This motion has been signed by a total of 3 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Barnes26/02/1991North East DerbyshireProposed
Jack Thompson05/03/1991WansbeckSigned
Bill Michie07/03/1991Sheffield, HeeleySigned

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