Subject description for 2024/25
Academic Didactics for History
HI315LS
Subject description for 2024/25

Academic Didactics for History

HI315LS

The course concerns history's place in school seen in relation to the subjects function in a broader social perspective. Questions related to teaching history at educational levels 8-13 are considered in relation to the way history can be used in connection with identity formation and societal development. We define the uses and receptions of history in a broad sense, in the way that the course covers presentation of historical knowledge in areas such as museum memory politics and memorial protection among others.

The course gives insight into theory and research into academic didactics. The aim of the course is to give students the capability to develop lively and engaging teaching programmes in history based on reflections on the relationship between profession, school and society.

In order to take this course, the student must admitted to the Senior Teacher education in Social Science and have completed the bachelor level courses at the senior teacher programme with an average grade of C. Studnets must also have passed all previous practice periods in the bachelor level of the education programme.

Knowledge

  • The student should gain knowledge of central theoretical perspectives regarding the relationship between academic history and societal development.
  • The student should gain knowledge of techniques and methods to make history teaching interesting and appealing to all groups of students
  • The student should gain knowledge of the role of schooling in society generally, and academic history¿s distinctiveness as a school subject in particular.

Skills

  • The student should be able to reflect on history teaching's possible roles concerning cultural and social development.
  • The student should be able to prepare and undertake teaching programmes in history that are well adapted to pupils¿ capabilities on the one hand and educational and societal needs on the other.

General competence

  • The student should be able to work on questions related to discipline, communication and society in a professional manner.
The costs of transport and living in the periods of practice is the student¿s own responsibility. Otherwise, no costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.
Compulsory for the Senior Teacher education in Social Science
Lectures, seminars, the students will be expected to contribute to the learning activities. Practice in a relevant institution of education.
Annual evaluations which are included in the university´s quality assurance system.
3 weeks

Composite assessment:

- Praksis (approved/not approved)

- Compulsory participation: Seminar on children in difficult life situations (approved/not approved)

- Oral presentation, 20 minutes (100/100 of grade, grades A-F)