To pass judgement on the ‘progress’ or ‘decline’ of a society over time, a big-picture perspective on history is needed. These big-picture frameworks are also important…
Tag Archive for ‘History Teaching (Geschichtsunterricht)’
Make It Strange — History as an Enigma, not a Mirror
History educators insist on the power and critical importance of knowing history and thinking historically about our collective pasts. Should history education display more awareness of its own past?
Teaching History Despite Banal Nationalism
The current growth of nationalism is one of the greatest challenges in terms of history teaching today. Research confirms the influence of deeply-rooted nationalistic…
The New Turkish History Curriculum
The new Turkish history curriculum, issued in 2017, has brought some innovations, but it still contains some of the deficiencies of the old curriculum. It does not adequately address international history…
Wissen2go – Teacher-Centered Instruction on YouTube
On YouTube’s Wissen2go channel, a journalist explains history and politics to half a million followers. The Russian Revolution is in high range of popularity. Why are there so many viewers and what does this say about teaching history?
“Whitewater Canoeists” or “Rule Applying Automats”?
The question in History Didactics isn’t always so much as what the students need to know but what a history teacher actually needs to know in order to be able to work successfully.
The ‘Burden of History’ and Controversial Issues
Issue: Educational Content. In Greece we tend to have rather “passionate debates over the national past” than about history education as a whole.
A Guarantee for Disciplinary Inclusive Education?
Togetherness and differentiation are key concepts in inclusive education. How can they be applied to history teaching, while considering at the same time the specifics of the subjects?