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DEBATE: HISTORY, AS A SUBJECT, IS DYING ON ITS FEET.
HISTORY, AS A SUBJECT, IS DYING ON ITS FEET.
Fewer University applicants apply for History courses
in 2006, History was forced from the top ten degree subjects and replaced by Media studies, and has shown a general down-turn in the number of applicants.
Just because History is no longer one of the top ten degree subjects does not mean it is dying as a subject. With more and more students of different abilities studying a wider range of subjects than ever before at University level, it is inevitable there will be changes in the ‘most popular’ subjects. However, this does not necessarily indicate a trend towards extinction of particular subjects. It may well be that top students are still choosing academically rigorous subjects, but because they are a proportionately small group, this will not be reflected in statistics.
HISTORY, AS A SUBJECT, IS DYING ON ITS FEET.
History still taught in schools
The National Curriculum still calls for History to be taught to a relatively old age in schools, meaning that important historical lessons are not being sidelined in our nation’s education.
Furthermore, many other subjects incorporate History to some extent into their programmes. Studying texts in English, for instance, requires some historical contextualisation.
