Re-imagining the Teaching of European History: Promoting Civic Education and Historical Consciousness

ISBN-13: 9781032294278 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str.

Gómez Carrasco, Cosme Jesús

Opis

This book explores the challenges of teaching European history in the 21^st century and provides research-informed approaches to history teaching that combine civic education, historical consciousness and the teaching of controversial social issues.

Spis treści

Introduction: re-imagining the teaching of European history from historical thinking and civic engagement Part I: Teaching approaches on history education 1. History education and democracy  2. The origin and development of research into historical thinking: a key concept in the renewal of history education  3. Digital resources for rethinking history education  4. Narratives of the past: a tool to understand history  5. Controversial heritage for eco-citizenship education in Social Science didactics: Implications for initial teacher education  Part II: Cross-cutting topics on European history  6. Landscapes, agriculture, peasants and environment in the history of Europe  7. Social and economic impact of technological revolutions in Europe  8. Bourgeoisie and peasantry: unequal but necessary to understand European history and its identity  9. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe  10. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy  11. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe  12. Persecuted by justice and powers: outcasts, rebels and criminals in the history of Europe  13. Women, gender, and the fight for gender equality in Europe  14. Travel stories and travelers: transdisciplinary approaches and proposals for a history of Europe  15. Churches and religion in Europe: interdisciplinary methods and approaches for a European history   Epilogue: "we wanna learn like common people whatever common people did"

O autorze

Cosme Jesús Gómez Carrasco is Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia, Spain.