Michael Gove on teaching history
Andrew Marr talks to the education minister Michael Gove and historians Margaret MacMillan and Tom Holland.
Andrew Marr discusses the teaching of history with the Government's Education Secretary Michael Gove. The new history curriculum for schools has been hotly contested and the Minister explains his views on whether facts and dates trump historical analysis. He's joined by Margaret MacMillan who will present a real-time countdown to the outbreak of WWI in the coming year, the academic and tv historian Simon Schama, and Tom Holland who has recently translated Herodotus, considered to be 'the Father of History'.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Michael Gove
Michael Gove is the MP for Surrey Heath and Secretary of State for Education.
Margaret MacMillan
Margaret MacMillan is the Warden of St Antony’s College and a Professor of International History at the University of Oxford.
The War That Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War is published by Profile Books.
Simon Schama
Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University.
He is presently working on Volume 2 of The Story of the Jews.
Tom Holland
Tom Holland is an author.
Herodotus: The Histories, a new translation by Tom Holland, is published by Penguin Classics.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Andrew Marr |
| Interviewed Guest | Michael Gove |
| Interviewed Guest | Margaret MacMillan |
| Interviewed Guest | Tom Holland |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 30 Dec 201309:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 30 Dec 201321:30BBC Radio 4
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