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Thematic Report: Pandemics and Natural Disasters as Reflected in History Teaching
Observatory on History Teaching in Europe • Council of Europe • 2022
Levels and forms of education
Primary Education
Lower Secondary Education
Upper Secondary Education
Resource type
Reports
Historic approaches concerned
Art History
Cultural History
Economic History
Environmental History
Gender History
Global History
Intellectual History
Local History
Microhistory
Military History
Political History
Social History
Transnational History
Other Approaches
Historic period
21st Century
Countries or areas concerned
Europe, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye
Languages
English, French
Description
The thematic report explores the place of pandemics and natural disasters in curricula across different levels of education in the member States of the Council of Europe's Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE). The report focuses on the history curricula; other curricular areas where these topics may also be explored in the classroom; the extent to which the content is prescribed in the curricula; the flexibility that teachers have in approaching such topics; the methods of teaching, the resources used, the anticipated learning outcomes; whether or not approaches promoting multiperspectivity are adopted at curricular level; the specific learning outcomes associated with the teaching of pandemics and natural - disasters in history and other curricula. The OHTE member States are Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye.
Keywords
Observatory on History Teaching in Europe
Cholera
Black Death
Critical Thinking
Multiperspecitvity
Pandemics
Epidemics
Natural Disasters
Volcano Eruptions
Multiperspectivity
Empathy
Thematic Report
Earthquakes
Council of Europe