2019-20

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.

The course examines the following topics: Definition of primates, anatomy, origin, culture, recent and fossil primates, social structures and the origin of the family, primate locomotion, sexual dimorphism and systematics.

The course commences with various national schools of geography, the formation of geography as a discipline, method, specialized vocabulary, theories, «revolutions» (i.e. the quantitative revolution) and «turns» (i.e. the changes in the direction of culture) that have influenced it.