A volume in International Review of History EducationSeries Editors Peter Lee, Rosalyn Ashby, Stuart FosterThe 6th book of the International Review of History Education Series, Contemporary public debates over historyeducation, presents public debates on history education as they appear in 14 different areas of the world, inAsia, Europe, North and South America. In alphabetical order: in Brazil, by Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt andTânia Braga Garcia, in Canada, by Peter Seixas, in England, by Rosalyn Ashby and Christopher Edwards, inGreece, by Irene Nakou and Eleni Apostolidou, in Israel, by Eyal Naveh, in Japan and South Korea, byYonghee Suh and Makito Yurita, in Northern Ireland, by Alan McCully, in Portugal, by Isabel Barca, in Quebec(Canada), by Jean-Francois Cardin, in Singapore, by Suhaimi Afandi and Mark Baildon, in Spain, by LisCercadillo, in Turkey, by Dursun Dilek and Gülcin (Yapici) Dilek, and in the United States, by Peter Stearns.By illuminating common trends, national peculiarities and differences, this collective book furtherenriches our knowledge about crucial issues concerning public perspectives over history education in diverse parts of the world. It opens new questionsand issues to be further investigated by all who are interested in this field, in terms of its historical, educational, global, national, ethnic, cultural, socialand political dimensions in the current transitional and multicultural environment.This international dialogue therefore addresses hist...