Didactics of History and Geography 1 - Basics

Semester 2 · 12411 · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · 10CP · DE

The module aims to introduce students to the basic epistemological and methodological principles of history and history didactics as well as geography and the didactics of geography. The didactic implementation of the acquired knowledge takes place in the laboratories of this module with special consideration of the age group (0-)2-7 years.

Lecturers: Sergio Vicini, Anna Oberrauch, Paula Mulser, Maria Ventura

Teaching Hours: 60
Lab Hours: 40
Mandatory Attendance: In accordance with the regulation

Course Topics
See the individual course modules

Educational objectives
The educational objectives of the module's lectures are: - Historical and geographical knowledge and competences through which children aged 2 to 12 years can be individually supported in their orientation in time (history) and space (geography); - Knowledge and competences in the subject area of history that include selected specialist knowledge of local, regional and world history as well as methodological and didactic skills for the individual promotion of historical awareness in children aged 2 to 12 years; - Knowledge and competences in the subject area of geography, which include specialist knowledge of general geography and orientation in the immediate living environment as well as methodological-didactic skills to promote geographical awareness in children aged 2 to 12 years; - Knowledge of the epistemological and methodological foundations of history and geography and their didactics; - Knowledge of the relationship between the science of history and the didactics of history in kindergarten and primary school; - Knowledge of the relationship between geography and the didactics of geography in kindergarten and primary school; - Knowledge of the points of contact between geography and history, which should be taken into account in the didactic realisation in kindergarten and primary school. Expected learning outcomes and competences: Knowledge and understanding Insight into basic methodological and didactic principles of early educational work in the field of history and geography. Applying knowledge and understanding Planning, creating and implementing educational units, teaching units and teaching series in which the historical and geographical awareness of the learners is awakened and promoted. Judgement Forming general factual judgements and personal value judgements when developing and interpreting historical sources and representations as well as geographical phenomena and processes. Communication Presentation, discussion and evaluation of the content and educational activities developed in the laboratories in individual and group work. Learning strategies Formation of knowledge structures that enable learners to make independent progress in the historical and geographical areas covered in the module.

Supplementary readings

Download as pdf

Modules

Semester 2 · 12411A · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · 4CP · DE

Module A — Didactics of History: Theoretical and Methodological Basics

Teaching and explanation of the subject-specific methodological and didactic content, which students should deepen by reading the compulsory and optional literature listed in the lecture. The lecture provides the basic knowledge that serves as a knowledge base for the laboratories of the two modules and for the history lecture in the "Didactics of History and History 2" module.

Teaching Hours: 30
Lab Hours: 0

Course Topics
With reference to the relevant framework guidelines for kindergarten and lower primary school, the following main topics are covered: - Basic principles of historical science and history didactics (development and acquisition of historical knowledge and its teaching in kindergarten and primary school); - the historical awareness of children between the ages of 2 and 12; - Historical competences (perception, indexing, interpretation, orientation); "from general factual judgement to personal value judgement"; - Historical representations ("products of historical culture") and historical sources that children encounter in everyday life - Different forms of presentation about the past (different materials, educational games, extracurricular places of learning, digital media, timelines, etc.) - Specific historical content that children deal with in kindergarten (dinosaurs, knights, princesses, legendary and fairytale characters, etc.) - Specific historical content that children deal with in primary school (own life story, comparison of life in the past and today, local history, historical figures from the local area, etc.)

Teaching format
Lecture

Semester 2 · 12411B · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · 2CP · DE

Module B — Didactics of History with an Emphasis on the Age Range (0)-2-7 (Lab.)

The laboratory refers to the topics and content covered in the lecture and develops, tests and evaluates methodological and didactic ways of teaching knowledge and skills together with the students, focussing on kindergarten and the first two years of primary school.

Lecturers: Paula Mulser, Maria Ventura

Teaching Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 20 Gruppe 1: Dr. phil. Paula Mulser Gruppe 2 und 3: wird noch mitgeteilt Gruppe 4: Dr. phil. Maria Ventura

Course Topics
With reference to the relevant framework guidelines for kindergarten and lower primary school, the following skills are acquired: - Planning, implementation and evaluation of educational and teaching units for the respective target group; - Development of subject-specific working techniques; - Targeted awakening and promotion of certain dimensions of historical awareness in young children; - conveying history in a child-appropriate way (through different forms of storytelling, activities, etc.); - Consideration of interculturality and inclusion.

Teaching format
Short lecture by the lecturer, exercises in plenary sessions, discussions, small group work, reviewing and developing materials, including in the learning workshop, planning and presenting simulated teaching units.

Semester 2 · 12411C · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · 2CP · DE

Module C — Didactics of Geography: Theoretical and Methodological Basics

Teaching and explanation of the subject-specific content, which students should deepen by reading the compulsory and optional literature listed in the lecture. The lecture provides the basic knowledge that serves as a knowledge base for the laboratories of the two modules as well as for the geography lecture in the module "Didactics of History and Geography 2".

Lecturers: Anna Oberrauch

Teaching Hours: 30
Lab Hours: 0

Course Topics
- the geographical perspective in the framework guidelines for kindergarten and primary school - Basic principles of the didactics of geography (e.g. spatial concepts, human-environment system, multi-perspectivity, sustainable shaping of the future) - Ways of thinking, working and acting from a geographical perspective: perceiving spaces, exploring spaces, orientating oneself in spaces (e.g. using orientation tools such as maps), shaping spaces in a participatory way - Specific geographical topics that children deal with in kindergarten and primary school (e.g. natural and built spatial environment, basic functions of existence in space, local to global living situations)

Teaching format
Lecture (PPT presentation) with integrated exercises

Semester 2 · 12411D · 5 year master degree in Primary Education - German section · 2CP · DE

Module D — Didactics of Geography with an Emphasis on the Age Range (0)-2-7 (Lab.)

Lecturers: Sergio Vicini, Anna Oberrauch

Teaching Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 20 Gruppe 1: Dr. phil. Anna Oberrauch Gruppe 2, 3 und 4: Dott. Sergio Vicini

Course Topics
With reference to the relevant framework guidelines for kindergarten and lower primary school, the following skills are acquired: - Planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching units for the respective target group; - Targeted awakening and promotion of spatial awareness in young children; - teaching geography in a child-appropriate way (through various activities such as movement games, songs, oral reproduction of spatial observations, etc.) - Consideration of interculturality and inclusion

Teaching format
Short lecture by the lecturer, exercises in plenary sessions, discussions, small group work, reviewing and developing materials, including in the learning workshop, planning and presenting simulated teaching units.