History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain
The aim of this paper is to analyze History teaching at primary school level in Spain through daily class work (textbook activities) and the exams taken by pupils. Over 1,000 exam questions and almost 3,000 textbook activities by three publishers were analyzed in total, in six schools. The resulting...
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| Keyword: | History teaching Identity Textbooks Assessment Exams Enseñanza de la Historia Identidad Libros de texto Evaluación Exámenes |
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| author | Gómez Carrasco, Cosme J. |
| author2 | Rodríguez Pérez, Raimundo A. Miralles Martínez, Pedro |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to analyze History teaching at primary school level in Spain through daily class work (textbook activities) and the exams taken by pupils. Over 1,000 exam questions and almost 3,000 textbook activities by three publishers were analyzed in total, in six schools. The resulting information was entered into an Access database for quantitative analysis (with subsequent encoding using the SPSS statistics package), and qualitative analysis based on textual analysis. The insistence observed in most exams and textbooks on particular historical content instills in students’ knowledge that is often biased, and mainly based on memorizing facts, concepts, and descriptions. |
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| spelling | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain La enseñanza de la Historia en educación primaria y la construcción de una narrativa nacional. Un estudio sobre exámenes y libros de texto en España Gómez Carrasco, Cosme J. Rodríguez Pérez, Raimundo A. Miralles Martínez, Pedro History teaching Identity Textbooks Assessment Exams Enseñanza de la Historia Identidad Libros de texto Evaluación Exámenes The aim of this paper is to analyze History teaching at primary school level in Spain through daily class work (textbook activities) and the exams taken by pupils. Over 1,000 exam questions and almost 3,000 textbook activities by three publishers were analyzed in total, in six schools. The resulting information was entered into an Access database for quantitative analysis (with subsequent encoding using the SPSS statistics package), and qualitative analysis based on textual analysis. The insistence observed in most exams and textbooks on particular historical content instills in students’ knowledge that is often biased, and mainly based on memorizing facts, concepts, and descriptions. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la enseñanza de la Historia en educación primaria en España a través del trabajo diario de clase (actividades de los libros de texto) y de los exámenes que el alumnado tuvo que superar. En total se analizaron más de mil preguntas de exámenes, y casi 3 mil actividades de libros de texto de tres editoriales distintas en seis colegios. La información extraída se informatizó en una base de datos en Access para su tratamiento cuantitativo (con una codificación posterior en el paquete estadístico SPSS) y cualitativo, a través de un análisis textual. La insistencia que se aprecia en la mayoría de exámenes y manuales sobre ciertos contenidos históricos va inculcando en el alumnado un conocimiento a menudo sesgado, y principalmente memorístico, basado en hechos, conceptos y saberes descriptivos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://perfileseducativos.unam.mx/iisue_pe/index.php/perfiles/article/view/53160 10.22201/iisue.24486167e.2015.150.53160 |
| spellingShingle | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain Gómez Carrasco, Cosme J. History teaching Identity Textbooks Assessment Exams Enseñanza de la Historia Identidad Libros de texto Evaluación Exámenes |
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| title | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| title_full | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| title_fullStr | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| title_short | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| title_sort | History teaching at primary level and the construction of a national narrative. A study of exams and textbooks in Spain |
| topic | History teaching Identity Textbooks Assessment Exams Enseñanza de la Historia Identidad Libros de texto Evaluación Exámenes |
| topic_facet | History teaching Identity Textbooks Assessment Exams Enseñanza de la Historia Identidad Libros de texto Evaluación Exámenes |
| url | https://perfileseducativos.unam.mx/iisue_pe/index.php/perfiles/article/view/53160 |