Concepções de passado como expressão de consciência
histórica (Understandings of the past as an expression of historical
consciousness)
Marília Gago
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Abstract
The social, cultural and historical consciousness of
the contemporary human being has a crucial role in taking decisions that
influence the personal and collective development (Rüsen, 2000).
In the field of history education research on the scope of social, historical
consciousness is emerging, namely trying to understand how children, youngsters
and history teachers conceptualise relationships between past, present
and future, in a perspective of practical orientation of the individual
to face life on society (Lee, 2001). This is a exploratory study carried
out with Portuguese pupils aged 10 - 14 years and basic and secondary
school teachers to understand their perspectives about how History could
contribute to temporal orientation. Findings suggest that students and
history teachers’ conceptions of the past and its relationships
wit the present are diversified. Those conceptions might have a crucial
role in the type of historical consciousness to be assumed, which in turn
will be reflected in decision-taking and its grounds - sometimes more
analytical other times more dogmatic.
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