Title in original language: Čo má zostať z veľkého sveta histórie, keď vstúpi do sveta výučby dejepisu? (možné podnety k diskusii)
Author: Viliam Kratochvíl
Title in English: What should remain of the ‘big world of history’ once it enters the ‘world of history teaching’? (Some input for discussion)
Journal: Česko-slovenská historická ročenka 25, 1, 2023, pp. 107-118
Abstract: This paper discusses problems related to how pedagogical content for teaching history is selected and shaped. It draws attention to the fact that the criteria for defining such content in the teaching of history are still lacking or work only in theory. The inability to overcome these limitations seems to be forcing history teaching into a state of excessive chronological complexity. As a result, teachers and students are left with quasi-synthetic material that often provide a confusing and overwhelming account of historical developments. Such material does not go beyond the surface of political history, promoting a pedagogical environment that is dominated by passive listeners. Therefore, this paper suggests to establish some stepping stones to change the way education and the teaching of history should be understood; it also focuses on the process of selecting and shaping pedagogical content. The stepping stones are to be understood as a call for a broader discussion between the stakeholders who influence the actual selection and shaping of the content for teaching history.
Keywords: pedagogical content, selection criteria, content reduction, history, history teaching as a retrospective construct, synthetical-analytical textbooks, educational history (re)sources, history learning categories, historical consciousness dimensions, history teaching metalevel