About the content of modern history education

Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

Basing on the experience of foreign countries and the objectives of the secondary school reformation in Ukraine, the article presents the results of the research on the main issues of interpretation of modern history education. The article clarifies the connection between the innovations in modern historical knowledge and history education. The authors refer to the experience of other countries. It’s difficult to determine the level and tendencies in the development of the national history education without it. The content of historical knowledge about the present at school education in South African Republic, the Russian Federation, Israel, Croatia, Switzerland, South Korea is regarded. The features of modern history education in view of the social needs of Ukrainian society and the social function of history education are analysed in specific examples. The authors believe the prevention of abuse of history, distortion the past as well as the present for propaganda purposes, the clarifying limits of contraversion and tolerance, interrelation of traditional educational technologies and information educational technologies to create adequate representations of the past are still relevant in Ukraine. The factors influencing on the secondary school history education and their results are determined. Attention is paid to the positive impact of abandonment of ethnocentric approaches in school history education for the further perspective. Concerning actual information about the present-day processes in history education, the conclusion, that there is a dependence on а historical knowledge content and а state education policy, was reached.

Authors and Affiliations

Olena Kozak, Nataliya Samoylenko

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Olena Kozak, Nataliya Samoylenko (2017). About the content of modern history education. Eminak, 3(1), 94-101. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-256789