THINKING HISTORIES

The main goal of this project is to develop digital educational materials that help the teaching of history generate a complex and reflective view of the past, as well as the pursuit of inquiry by students.

The project “Pensar la historia” is an R&D initiative on the teaching of history, funded by FUAM (Spain) and FLACSO-Argentina (Area of Psychology of Knowledge and Learning), as well as the Mineco-FEDER Funds of the Spanish Research Agency (PID2021-1275290BI00 and PDC-2022-133204100) and the ANPCYT of Argentina (PICT2019-02477). It has a total funding of 250,000 euros and is coordinated by M. Carretero y M. Rodríguez-Moneo . The researchers involved are: A. Barreiro, I. Bresco, J. A. Castorina, C. López, C. Parellada, E. Perez-Manjarrez, F. Van Alphen, M. Cantabrana, M. Guggiari y M. Gutiérrez-Cano.

Can digital formats contribute to a more objective and disciplinary view of historical knowledge?

What are their advantages and disadvantages?

MODULES

The project has currently produced five modules, aimed at Secondary and Baccalaureate students, and those interested in historical issues: Thinking with Maps, Gender and Nation, 1521: The Fall of Tenochtitlan, Rethinking the Spanish Reconquest, and Pasts in Conflict.

The following themes are in production: The Memory of the EU’s Colonial Experiences, Islam in Europe and European Nationalisms.