†s views. As moderator, I would try to steer the discussion toward making the points that SantayanaÆs most probable meaning is that individuals can learn from the past mistakes of others and not repeat them, but to know what mistakes others have made, one must know history.
It would probably be easy to encourage the guests to consider whether most peopleÆs disdain for history results from bad teaching and partisan interpretations. The guests could discuss their own teaching methods, and offer reasons why they believe their methods are effective. One can expect that the points to be made will include emphasis on the fact that history is essentially a story; when chronological narrative is forgotten, then the details of history lack significance. This could easily lead to a discussion of why the old-fashioned ôkings and battlesö approach to the teaching of history was so deadly for students, because it is th
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