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Controversial topics and their didactic use: analysis of the activities included in Italian and Spanish textbooks
Author/s | Ferreras Listán, Mario
Pineda Alfonso, José Antonio Hunt Gómez, Coral Ivy Baisotti, Pablo |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | 2021-05-18 |
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Abstract | This paper explores the didactic treatment of Franco’s dictatorship and Mussoli-ni’s Fascism in History textbooks at a Secondary Education level. Using a mixed methodology, 278 activities were analysed and a typology was ... This paper explores the didactic treatment of Franco’s dictatorship and Mussoli-ni’s Fascism in History textbooks at a Secondary Education level. Using a mixed methodology, 278 activities were analysed and a typology was established. Despite that, the studied literature clearly advocates for the use of controversial topics due to their high educational potential, results show that controversial topics are avoided in the analysed textbooks, as they provide teachers an „aseptic recipe“ to deal with them. |
Citation | Ferreras Listán, M., Pineda Alfonso, J.A., Hunt Gómez, C.I. y Baisotti, P. (2020). Controversial topics and their didactic use: analysis of the activities included in Italian and Spanish textbooks. Pedagogika, 139 (3), 157-174. |
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