Abstract

MINTE-MUNZENMAYER, Andrea  and  IBAGON-MARTIN, Nilson Javier. Critical thinking: competence forgotten in the teaching of history?. Entramado [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.2, pp.186-198. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/entramado.2017v13n2.26228.

This paper presents the results of a research about the development of critical thinking in the teaching of History The aim was to detect how this competence is incentivated in the History of Chile lessons through the official curriculum hermeneutical analyses, the some school textbooks and the transcription of the classes of nine secondary school teachers from subsidized schools in Chillan observed during a period of two months. The supposition indicated that teachers try to cope with the contents of the official syllabus without paying much attention to the formation of critical thinking. The results state that, although the development of critical thinking is prescribed in the official documents and in some textbooks, the teaching practices show the absence of strategies that may permit this competence development. An emphasis is placed on the treatment of historical events forgetting or neglecting the formation of critical thinking in students.

Keywords : Critical thinking; school textbooks; official curriculum; didactic strategies; History teaching.

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