From loss to learning: national tragedies and the national curriculum
From loss to learning: national tragedies and the national curriculum
Event summary for "From loss to learning: national tragedies and the national curriculum". This event brought together parliamentarians, educators, researchers, subject associationrepresentatives, and members of disaster-affected communities to consider how education might respondto national tragedies in ways that are accurate, respectful, and educationally meaningful.The discussion was framed by a shared concern that major tragedies are often absent from sustainedtreatment within the formal curriculum, despite their significance for public memory, justice, democraticaccountability, and social learning. Speakers explored what can be learned from Holocaust education, andhow local initiatives developed around Hillsborough and Grenfell may offer important models for futurecurriculum thinking and practice.
University of Southampton
Park, Wonyong
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Byrne, Ian
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Fancourt, Nigel
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9 April 2026
Park, Wonyong
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Byrne, Ian
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Fancourt, Nigel
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Park, Wonyong, Byrne, Ian and Fancourt, Nigel
(2026)
From loss to learning: national tragedies and the national curriculum
Southampton.
University of Southampton
5pp.
(doi:10.5258/SOTON/P1281).
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Event summary for "From loss to learning: national tragedies and the national curriculum". This event brought together parliamentarians, educators, researchers, subject associationrepresentatives, and members of disaster-affected communities to consider how education might respondto national tragedies in ways that are accurate, respectful, and educationally meaningful.The discussion was framed by a shared concern that major tragedies are often absent from sustainedtreatment within the formal curriculum, despite their significance for public memory, justice, democraticaccountability, and social learning. Speakers explored what can be learned from Holocaust education, andhow local initiatives developed around Hillsborough and Grenfell may offer important models for futurecurriculum thinking and practice.
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Published date: 9 April 2026
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