DEp0DI Methodology of history

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kamil Štěpánek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Jireček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Kamil Štěpánek, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jiří Mihola, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be equipped with basic knowledge of the didactics of history, will understand the specifics of the theory of history teaching and especially will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and competencies in teaching practice at primary school. He will also gain a basic overview of pedagogical documents of history (with regard to school practice, especially with emphasis on the possibility of adjusting the curriculum in the form of school educational programs) and will be able to implement their own preparation for teaching history. The foundations of collegial mentoring will be laid (based on a mutual evaluation of preparations for history teaching at the 2nd level of elementary school). Attention will also be paid to a retrospective of the history course (needed for history teachers at the 2nd level of elementary school) and selected currently solved problems of history didactics (eg current curriculum revisions, development of historical literacy, projects supporting history teachers, etc.).
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to apply didactic theory in teaching history at primary school. He will be able to use various methodological procedures in specific teaching models of history. He will also gain a basic overview of pedagogical documents of history (with emphasis on practical use in the curricular autonomy of schools, ie the creation of their own school educational programs) and will be able to implement their own preparation for teaching history. He will be able to describe the basic problems that the didactics of history deals with and know the institutions and resources where he can look for further inspiration for his practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. The introduction to didactics of history, the structure and character of the discipline.
  • • 2. The development of school history in Czech lands.
  • • 3. The system of school history and his anchor in pedagogical documents.
  • • 4. The planning of history teaching.
  • • 5. Methodological and didactic tips for teaching history
  • • 6. Selected current issues of history didactics
Literature
    required literature
  • JULÍNEK, Stanislav. Základy oborové didaktiky dějepisu. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 275 stran. ISBN 8021034955. info
  • Labischová Denisa -Gracová Blažena: Příručka ke studiu didaktiky dějepisu. Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2008.
    recommended literature
  • JIREČEK, Miroslav. Vývoj vyučovacího předmětu dějepis v letech 1918–2013 (The Development of the School Subject History from 1918 to 2013). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 337 pp. Pedagogický výzkum v teorii a praxi, svazek 39. ISBN 978-80-210-7571-9. info
  • ERDMANN, Elisabeth - Hasberg, Wolfgang: Facing - Mapping - Bridging Diversity, Part 1 & 2 : Foundation of a European Discourse on History Education. Wochenschau Verlag 2011.
  • Náhradní obsah: BOURDILLON, Hilary (Ed.): Teaching History. Routledge 1993.
Teaching methods
Lectures in combination with seminar classwork. Students perform continuously assigned tasks, to which they receive feedback. These developed tasks are also used as a basis for discussion in seminars
Assessment methods
Credit. The course is taught once a week in the form of lectures and seminars. Active student participation is required at the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on course enrolment limitations: souhlas
Teacher's information
Requirements for completion:

1) participation in seminars (1 absence)

2) didactic tip for teaching history - processing and submission to the delivery room (half A4) and presentation (according to the registered deadline) - min. 2000 characters including spaces

3) news from "historical events" - what is being discussed - min. 2000 characters including spaces.

4) elaboration of preparation for the history lesson according to the determined structure

5) mutual evaluation of the prepared preparation according to the set peer criteria in the study materials in the information system

6) correction (or defense) of the preparation according to the evaluation.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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