Toolkit for history classes

by María Sabiote González, Marcos Rebollo Fidalgo, Alfonso Cebrián Rey, Félix González Chicote, Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco, Juan Ramón Moreno Vera, Jairo Rodríguez Medina, Pedro Miralles Martínez

2024 · Council of Europe

In a saturated and complex workd of information, how can students be helped to seek, evaluate and verify information? Over the past two decades, the use of the internet and social media has enabled wider and faster access to information around the world. In doing so, however, it has also opened the door to misinformation, manipulation, fake news and political propaganda. Every industry, institution and individual person has had to adapt to this influx of unreliable information, and many organisations have begun to adopt new policies and issue recommendations on how to manage this new way of life. The publication Toolkit for history classes – Debunking fake news and fostering critical thinking is a co-ordinated response by the European Union and Council of Europe to this phenomenon. The toolkit is a resource for history teachers to help their students learn how to deconstruct and question fake news through historical sources and topics that relate the past to the present. The toolkit aligns with the values and priorities of the European Union and Council of Europe, as both institutions have worked for many years to draw attention to the dangers caused by disinformation and the manipulation of history. The toolkit was designed for teachers to show students not only how to recognise fake news when they see it, but also understand why it was created and become aware of the minority communities who are most often the target of this manipulated information.

La Historia Moderna de la Enseñanza Secundaria. Contenidos, métodos y representaciones

by Francisco García González, Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco, Ramón Cózar Gutiérrez, Pedro Martínez Gómez

2020 · Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla La Mancha

La Edad Moderna es un período fundamental para la comprensión del mundo y de la sociedad actual. Sin embargo, en España existe una gran distancia entre los libros de texto y las propuestas curriculares ofrecidas en los centros de educación secundaria y el ritmo que sigue la investigación y la innovación en este campo. Conscientes de esta situación, esta obra colectiva gira en torno a tres ejes vertebradores. En primer lugar, se abordan los contenidos; en segundo lugar, los métodos de enseñanza; y, en tercer lugar, las imágenes y las representaciones, muchas veces estereotipadas, existentes sobre esta época en nuestro presente. Los tres bloques recogen numerosas aportaciones tanto desde planteamientos teóricos y de investigación renovados como de propuestas didácticas claras y útiles con las que se pretende contribuir a avanzar en la enseñanza de la Edad Moderna en la Educación Secundaria.