Theory of the History Classroom

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-3-7344-1384-1
Verlag: Wochenschau Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 316 g

Reihe: Geschichtsunterricht erforschen

This volume proposes a theory of history education in formal classroom settings. Specifically, it aims to outline how the particular setting of the classroom interacts with domain-specific processes of historical thinking. The theory rests on the notion that formal school education is a communicative and social system, while historical thinking occurs in the psychological system of a person’s historical consciousness. In the complex interaction of these systems, historical thinking, emotions, communication, media and language are of particular importance. Drawing upon educational theory as well as the theory of history, this theory of the history classroom provides a framework as well as a solid foundation for future empirical research, both for developing research questions as well as for interpreting findings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Köster, Manuel

Thünemann, Holger

Zülsdorf-Kersting, Meik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Manuel Köster, Holger Thünemann and Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting
Foreword to the English edition
Manuel Köster, Holger Thünemann
1. Introduction to the German edition
Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting
2. The history classroom as a social system
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theory of classroom education – remarks from a theory of science perspective
2.3 Classroom education as a social system
2.3.1 Models of classroom education
2.3.2 Modelling utilisation of learning opportunities
2.3.3 Systems theory and the history classroom
2.3.4 Contingency and the history classroom
2.3.5 Emergence and the history classroom
2.3.6 Pedagogicity and communication
2.3.7 The system and the environment of the history classroom
2.3.8 Genesis of the form of the history classroom
2.4 History didactics and theories of history in the classroom – an overview
2.5 Between contingency and contingency constraints – a systems theory view of history in the classroom
2.5.1 The concept of the history classroom
2.5.2 Structural model of the history classroom
2.5.2.1 Historical thinking
2.5.2.2 Emotions in the history classroom
2.5.2.3 Communication in the history classroom
2.5.2.4 Media in the history classroom
2.5.2.5 Language in the history classroom
Holger Thünemann and Johannes Jansen
3. Learning to think historically
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Traditions in history didactics and models of historical thinking
3.2.1 English-speaking countries – concepts of historical thinking
3.2.2 German-speaking countries – historical consciousness in history didactics
3.2.2.1 Historical consciousness and historical thinking I: Jeismann
3.2.2.2 Historical consciousness and historical thinking II: Rüsen
3.2.2.3 Historical consciousness and historical thinking III: Hasberg and Körber
3.2.2.4 Historical consciousness and historical thinking IV: Competency models of historical thinking
3.3 The HISTOGRAPH model of historical thinking – towards synthesis
3.3.1 Historical queries
3.3.2 Historical case analyses
3.3.3 Historical causal judgements
3.3.4 Historical value judgements
3.3.5 Historical thinking and historical knowledge
3.3.6 Historical thinking, historical learning and acquiring historical competency
Sebastian Brack and Colin Flaving
4. Emotions in the history classroom
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Emotions in history didactics
4.3 Theory of emotions
4.3.1 Genesis of emotions
4.3.2 Components, functions and effects of emotions
4.3.3 Controlling emotions
4.4 Emotions and historical learning
4.4.1 Emotions and learning
4.4.2 Emotions and historical thinking
4.5 Emotions in the social system of the history classroom
4.6 The history classroom and theory of emotions
Christoph Wilfert and Simone Lankes
5. Communication
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Historical thinking and communication
5.3 Learning reflexive historical thinking by communicating
5.4 The classroom as a communicative space
5.4.1 Communication-based roles in the classroom
5.4.2 Core structure of classroom communication: IRE sequences
5.4.3 Organising turn-taking
5.5 Negotiating history in classroom communication
Jennifer Lahmer-Gebauer
6. Media in the history classroom
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sources and accounts as distribution media in the social system of the history classroom
6.2.1 Importance of sources and accounts for learning history in the classroom
6.2.2 Dealing with sources and accounts in the history classroom marked by subject-specific pedagogicity
6.2.3 Consequences for communication in the social system of the history classroom
6.3 A systems theory perspective on media in the history classroom
6.3.1 Meaning: the universal medium
6.3.2 Communication media
6.3.2.1 Language
6.3.2.2 Symbolically generalised communication media
6.4 Conclusion
Manuel Köster and Christian Spieß
7. Language
7.1 Language in the social system of the history classroom
7.2 Dimension 1: registers
7.2.1 Casual register
7.2.2 Academic and technical register
7.2.3 Pedagogical register
7.3 Dimension 2: languages of the history classroom
7.3.1 The languages of history as a subject
7.3.1.1 The language of the sources
7.3.1.2 The language of historical accounts
7.3.2 The languages of classroom discourse
7.3.2.1 Student language
7.3.2.2 Teachers’ language
7.4 Conclusion
Manuel Köster and Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting
8. Conclusion: Potentials for a contingency-conscious theory of history in the classroom
References
Table of figures
List of contributors
Register

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Manuel Köster is a senior lecturer at the Department of the Didactics of History at the University of Münster.
Dr Holger Thünemann is professor of History Education and Historical Culture at the Department of the Didactics of History at the University of Münster
Dr Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting is professor of History Didactics at the University of Hanover.