Course Details
Course Information Package
| Course Unit Title | TEACHING OF HISTORY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION | ||||||
| Course Unit Code | ELE111 | ||||||
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| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 | ||||||
| Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
| Recommended optional program components | Ηλίας Χαραλάμπους. (2014). Διδακτική της Ιστορίας — Πανεπιστημιακές σημειώσεις, Λεμεσός, Κύπρος. | ||||||
| Course Contents | 1. Introduction to the resources and processes that are central to developing historical understanding. Understanding of the significance of history within a multi-cultural society and to consider the importance and place of history within the curriculum. 2. History is the interpretation of what are considered to be significant human activities in the past and the process by which these activities are selected, investigated and analysed. History is not the story of the past but rather the attempt to reconstruct and interpret elements of the past which are of interest to us. 3. History gives children a knowledge of past human experiences at family, local, national and international levels. Pupils also develop an understanding, appropriate to their age, of time and chronology, change and continuity, cause and effect. They acquire skills appropriate to their developmental stages so that they may interpret evidence in a critical way. 4. History in the primary school can then make a unique and vital contribution to the harmonious development of the child in a truly child-centred education. 5. History is concerned with interpretations of the actions of people in the past and the ways in which men, women and children responded to, and lived through, these events. Exploring the lives of people in the past, and especially the causes and effects of their actions, contributes to the child awareness of human character, motivation, belief and emotion. 6. A major concern is the involvement of children in the study of personal and local history. Their historical understanding is enriched as they visit and investigate the buildings and common features of the locality and the lives of people who have lived there. 7. Children develop an enhanced understanding of their own country and the wider world through encountering elements of national and international history. At times history has concentrated on political developments and the lives of famous people. 8. History can make a critical contribution to the child’s language development. History also has a language of its own. 9. History provides many opportunities for the development and application of skills in the area of information and communication technologies and encourages the use of ICTs in the development of children’s historical understanding and skills. 10. Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning in history, as in other areas of the curriculum. Assessment techniques can assist in enriching the learning experience of the child and provide useful information for pupils, teachers, parents and others. | ||||||
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. | ||||||
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| Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||
| Work placement(s) | NO | ||||||
