Cinzia Crivellari - Structure of the first deliverable

STRUCTURE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE FIRST DELIVERABLEFIRST DELIVERABLE

Cinzia Crivellari (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia)

Computer Based Tools for Learning in a Multicultural Perspective14th – 17th September 2011 in Salamanca

1- NATIONAL CURRICULA1- NATIONAL CURRICULA

2- COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NATIONAL 2- COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NATIONAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKSHISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS

NATIONAL CURRICULANATIONAL CURRICULA1. CORPUS for documentation

2. Presentation and comparative analysis of the corpus

CORPUSCORPUSSystematic collection of national curricola of history and geography

Recognition of national or regional plans of CLIL – EMILE teaching involving history and geography

CORPUSCORPUSThe corpus documents are in their original or, as in the French case, in official English traslation carried out by the Ministry responsible.

Otherwise a summary in english is carried out by the partners.

Presentation and comparative analysis of Presentation and comparative analysis of the National History and Geography the National History and Geography

TextbooksTextbooks

List of the textbooks examined

Their characteristics for each country

Their characteristics for each age level

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS - HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS -

PolandPolandHistory textbooks: 4Update EditionsAge target: 13/16 -17/18 - 18/19GraphicsTextbooks with many pictures, illustrations, photo and reproduction of work of art. The text is underlined by lexical highlighiting.The iconographic and cartographic framework is very enriched with captions, patterns of analysis following the text, chronologies and time lines.

Methodological and didactical frameworkThe text respects the topics of national curricolaThe text is suitable for the age and the level of preparation. The exposition is clear and coherent with explanation of key concepts, causal links and specific lexicon.The structure is linear and the style is narrative.The sources are contextualised and described. Only few indications regarding historian's work.The exercises are more or less tests informations.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS - HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY TEXTBOOKS -

PolandPoland

The public use of history

The connections with civic education are relevant

The European dimension of history is relevant. National and world dimension are also present opening to the interculture dialogue. The local dimension are not highlighted.

Some national events are not emphasized and there are not elements of negationism or “silence strategies”

COMPARATIVE STUDY – PolandCOMPARATIVE STUDY – Poland

Historiographical contents

The critical index of the contents and of the point of view are scarce.The historical facts are inserted in time/space dimension. Traditional use of the time order. The diverse durations of events and phenomena are underlined.The plurality of subjects and histories is respected. It is not same for gender difference.The order and causality of events are unique.

Many types of sources and, in the last volume, also many historiographic texts.The indications regarding the historian's work and research are scarce.The past/present link is present.Stereotypes are unused.

COMPARATIVE STUDY – PolandCOMPARATIVE STUDY – Poland

History textbook: 3 course of history – volumes 8 Update editions

Age target: 12 years and following

Additional proposal: teacher's handbook, exercises and pratical work, internet research, multimedial support, bibliography.

Graphics Textbooks have many pictures, illustrations, photos and reproductions of work of art.The iconographic and cartographic framework is enriched with captions, patterns of analysis following the text, chronologies and time lines.

COMPARATIVE STUDY – GermanyCOMPARATIVE STUDY – Germany

Methodological and didactical framework

The text respects the topics of the national curricola.It is suitable for the age and the level of preparation. Clear exposition, coherent with the explanation of the key concepts and causal links. Specific lexicon, also from other disciplines. Clear abbreviations.Linear structure and narrative style. There are also other linguistic functions.Contextualized and described sources. Indications regarding the historian's work are present.The exercises propose problems and transfer informations in order to demonstrate the student's ability.


The public use of history History has civil and social function and is connected with citizen education.

The European world and the national dimension are relevant in the same way. The other dimensions are different in each textbook.

Some national events are emphazised and in some cases the “strategy's silence” is present.

No elements of negationism or revisionism.



The critical index of the contents is good and the plurality of histories, subjects and points of view are respected so as the gender difference.

The historical facts are inserted in time/space dimension and the time orders follow the diverse durations and processes of events and phenomena.

History is a “construction” and the facts are interpretables.

There are many and different types of source and historiographic texts. The indications regarding the historian's work and research are present.

Stereotypes are unused.

The past/present link is present.


History and geography textbook: 3

Update editions

Age target: 12/13 years

GraphicsThe iconographic and cartographic framework is enriched with different types of maps, designs, illustrations, photos and reproductions of work of art. The pictures and the documents are explained by captions, patterns of analysis following the text and time lines. Chronologies are few. The text is underlined by lexical and conceptual highlighting. Two textbooks present textual links, frames and marginal notes.

COMPARATIVE STUDY – FranceCOMPARATIVE STUDY – France

Methodological and didactical framework:

The text respects the topics of national curricola

It is suitable for the age and the level of preparation. Clear exposition and coherent with explanation of key concepts. The discipline's lexicon is use in a correct way (no anachronisms / glossary support)Linear structure and narrative style. Other linguistic functions are present.The sources are contextualized.The indications regarding the historical research are scarce. Historiographic concepts are not explained.

The tests and exercises propose problems and transfer informations in order to demonstrate the student's ability. Some tests prepare to state exams.The geo-historical contents are connected with citizen education.



Humanistic disciplines have a civic and social function.

The national and the European dimension are more relevant than world and local dimension. Few elements of interculture dialogue.

Some national events are emphasized.

There are not elements of revisionism or negationism but some problems are dealt through “silence strategy”



The critical index of the contents and of the points of view is scarse.The past/present links are few.The plurality of histories, memories and subjectes is not much respected as well as gender difference.The historical facts are inserted in time/space dimension.The use of time order is traditional but the diverse durations of events and phenomena are underlined. The order and causality of events are unique.

There are many types of sources.The number of historiographic texts is limited.There are not indications regarding the actual historiographic debates and trends.

Stereotypes are unused.


History textbook: 4

Update editionsAge target: 11/13 – 14/19

GraphicsThe iconographic framework is constituted especially by pictures and photos generally with captions and patterns of analysis which give new informations regarding the text. The presence of maps is relevant in the first grade school textbooks while in the other case the geographic indications are scarce.Chronologies are very used and in few cases also time lines.The text is underlined by highlighting regarding informations and dates. The boxes in depth knowledge are very numerous.

COMPARATIVE STUDY – ItalyCOMPARATIVE STUDY – Italy

Methodological and didactical framework

The text respects the topics of national curricola.The linguistic structure is clear and suitable for the age level only for the high school texbooks. In the other cases the vocabulary is very difficult and the key concepts are not explained especially the historiographic terms.Narrative style and linear structure with explanations of causal links.The sources are contextualised even if some indications regarding the method of historian's work and research are not present.The exercises focus especially on the contents of the textbook and include some specific test preparing for the state exams.



In each textbook the national events and dimension are relevant even if also some European and world history facts and contexts are analysed.

In the highschool textbooks the local dimension is not relevant as well as the relations with civic educations are not explained enough.

There are not revisionism or “silence strategy” uses.The different memories are not respected.


Historiographic contents

The critical index of the contents and of the points of view is scarce. The plurality of subjects and histories is not emphasized.There is some reference regarding women's history.The historical facts are inserted in the time/space dimension with some window on the present.The use of time order is traditional. The different durations of events and phenomena are underlined.The order and causality of events is unique.

There are many types of sources and, only in the high school book, also historiographic texts. The indications regarding historiographical trends and debates are scarce.Political history is prevailing.


History texbook: 2Age target: 14/15 yearsupdate editions

General characteristicsThe textbooks respect the topics of the national curricola and it clearly communicate the notion that history is mediated by its sources.The textbooks include numerous glossaries which provide linguistic and conceptual clarification.The images are strictly related to the historical narrative and support the learning process. Temporal indications are related to their spatial context.The textbook combine national with european and world dimension.The differences between the texts regarding the structure: one is innovative other shows in parts an accumulation of facts.

COMPARATIVE STUDY – AustriaCOMPARATIVE STUDY – Austria

in d icato rs italy fran ce g erm an y p o lan d au stria

G RAPHICS

Ico n o g ra p h ic fra m e w o rk ,m a p s , tim e lin e sp a tte rn s b o x e sc h ro n o lo g ie s

Ic o n o g ra p h ic fra m e w o rk ,m a p s , tim e lin e sp a tte rn s o f a n a lys iste x tu a l lin k

Ic o n o g ra p h ic fra m e w o rk ,m a p s , c h ro n o lo g ie stim e lin e sp a tte rn s

ic o n o g ra p h ic fra m e w o rk ; m a p s , c h ro n o lo g ie stim e lin e sp a tte rn s

p ic tu re sm a p s

M ET H/DID.

c u rric o la r to p ic s ,lin e a r s tru c tu re , n a rra tiv e s tyle ,g lo s s a ry,c o n te x te d s o u rc e s ,m n e m o n ic a n d e x a m s te s t

c u rric o la r to p ics ,lin e a r s tru c tu re , n a rra tiv e s tyle ,k e y c o n c e p ts g lo s s a ry,c o n te x te d s o u rc e s ,a b ility a n d e x a m s te s t,c itiz e n e d u c a tio n

c u rric o la r to p ic s ,lin e a r s tru c tu re , n a rra tiv e s tyle ,k e y co n c e p ts g lo s s a ry,c o n te x te d s o u rc e s ,a b ility te s t,h is to ria n 's w o rk in d ic a tio n s

c u rric o la r to p ic s ,lin e a r s tru c tu re , n a rra tiv e s tylek e y c o n c e p ts g lo s sa ry,c o n te x te d s o u rc e s ,m n e m o n ic te s t

cu rric o la r to p ic s ,glo s s a ry,co n te x te d so u rc e s

in d icato rs italy france g erm an y p o lan d austria

PUBL IC USE O F HISTO RY

N a tio na l e v e n ts , e u ro p e a n d im e n s io n a n d w o rld h is to ryN o re v is io n is m o r “s tra te g y's s ile n c e ”

c iv ic e d uc a tio n ,e u ro p e a n , a n dn a tio na ld im e ns io n ,N o“s tra te g y's s ile n c e ” a n dn e ga z io n is m

c iv ic e du c a tio n ,e u ro pe a n , n a tio n a l a n dw o rld d im e n s io n ,“s tra te g y's s ile n c e ” N on eg a z io n is m

c iv ic e d u c a tio ne u ro p e a n , n a tio n a l a n dw o rld d im e n s io nN o n e g a z io n is m o r “s tra te g y's s ile n c e ”

N a tio na l, e u ro pe a n a n d w o rld d im e ns io n

HISTO RIO GR. CO NT ENT S

tim e /s pa c e d im e n s io ntra d itio n a l tim e o rd e r,d iv e rs e d u ra tion , u n iq u e o rd e rh is to riog r. Te x ts , p o litic a l h is to ry, N o c ritic a l in d e x an d h is t.in d ic a tion s

tim e /s pa c e d im e ns io ntra d itio n a l t im e o rd e r,d iv e rs e d u ra tion , u n iq u e o rd e rm a n y typ e s o f s o u rc e s

tim e /s p a c e d im e n s io ntra d itio n a l tim e o rd e r,d iv e rs e d u ra tion , g en d e r d iffe re n c e a nd p lu a lity o f s u b je c tsc ritic a l in d e x a nd h is t.in d ic a tio ns

tim e /s pa c e d im e n s io ntra d itio na l tim e o rd e r,d iv e rs e d u ra tio n , p lu ra lity o f s u b je c ts a n d h is to ries ,u n iq u e o rd e rN o c rit ic a l ind e x an d h is t.in d ic a tion s

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