Historical Sources Regarding History Education
At a crossroad between memory and thinking: the case of primary history education in the Greek Cypriot educational system
Lukas Perikleous • Taylor and Francis Online • 2010
Levels and forms of education
Primary Education
Resource type
Conceptual or themathic publications
Historic approaches concerned
Intellectual History
Political History
Social History
Historic period
No data
Countries or areas concerned
Greece, Cyprus
Languages
English
Description
At the moment primary history education in the Greek Cypriot educational system is mainly about providing substantive knowledge and promoting Greek national identity and other social goals. Debates about history education are mostly about the kind of the past that should conveyed to the students and the social aims which should be promoted through history. A recently emerged community of educators specialised in history education advocates in favour of an approach in history education which aims to develop students' historical thinking. The current reform process has to either move towards a new approach or preserve the current status quo.
Keywords
Historical thinking
Critical thinking
Historical consciousness
Tolerance
Multiculturism