Διδακτική της Ιστορίας

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the teaching of history courses at secondary level. In particular, the aim is to give students an understanding of the ideological, pedagogical and academic context of such courses, of the parameters that dictate course aims, content and teaching methods and to familiarize them with contemporary teaching methods. The subject content is as follows:
History courses as a means of imposing prevailing ideologies: Detailed programmes, school textbooks, national celebrations, public history, the role of the state and the Church.
Historical discourse: Historians' discourse (the evolution of historiography and its influence on the act of teaching), educationalists' discourse, school students' discourse.
Historical time: dimensions and levels of historical time, chronological concepts, dating and definition of historical periods. Cultivation of historical consciousness in school students.
Teaching planning and organization
Written sources in the teaching of history
Visual sources in the teaching of history
Organization of educational programmes in local history
Organization of museum educational programmes
          New technologies in the teaching of history