Search for dissertations about: "didactics of history"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words didactics of history.
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1. History in the Service of Mankind : International Guidelines and History Education in Upper Secondary Schools in Sweden, 1927–2002
Abstract : In this study the guidelines of the League of Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe are investigated in relation to Swedish national curricula, teachers’ perceptions of and students’ work in history, from 1927 to 2002.Inspired by John I Goodlad’s notions of curricula and implementation, the formulation of history is studied. READ MORE
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2. Uses of History in History Education
Abstract : This compilation thesis contains an introductory chapter and four original articles. The studies comprising this thesis all concern aspects of how historical culture is constituted in historical media and history teachers’ narratives and teaching. READ MORE
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3. Teaching and Learning Historical Explanation : Teacher and Student Cases from Lower and Upper Secondary History
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and analyse how teachers and students understand the concept of historical explanation in the context of classroom teaching practices. The thesis is made up of four studies that investigate different aspects of understanding, focusing on either teacher or student understanding as expressed in words and actions. READ MORE
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4. Learning history in an enquiry and source-based practice : What do students need to learn in relation to second-order concepts to be able to handle historical sources?
Abstract : In this thesis, results from three studies and a reanalysis have been combined to provide knowledge of what students need to learn in relation to the second-order concepts of evidence, historical empathy and causation, for them to be able to handle historical sources and construct accounts. Data has been collected in two intervention studies conducted in collaboration with a group of upper secondary teachers. READ MORE
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5. Historical Consciousness, Historical Media, and History Education
Abstract : This thesis by publication contains an introductory summary chapter and three papers. The first paper presents a study of how the concept of historical consciousness has been defined, applied, and justified in Swedish history didactical research. READ MORE