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Intercultural historical learning: A conceptual framework
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Centre for the Studies of Social Sciences Didactics (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1168-8608
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Centre for the Studies of Social Sciences Didactics (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5501-9794
2015 (English)In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, ISSN 0022-0272, E-ISSN 1366-5839, Vol. 47, no 1, p. 1-25Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper outlines a conceptual framework in order to systematically discuss themeaning of intercultural learning in history education and how it could be advanced. Wedo so by bringing together theories of historical consciousness, intercultural competenceand postcolonial thinking. By combining these theories into one framework, we identifysome specific and critical aspects of historical learning that are relevant for today. Wehave constructed a matrix with three rows of narrative abilities intersecting with threecolumns of intercultural dimensions. This generates a matrix that consists of nine cells.By formulating a set of questions and answers for each cell, we outline learning applica-tions and demonstrate how the historical and intercultural concepts are mutually enrich-ing. The framework addresses two issues: firstly, the intercultural historical competencethat may result; and secondly, how it can be developed. This can be used by researchersto analyse the intercultural elements of historical learning, in schools and in society, andby educators to construct relevant learning activities.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2015. Vol. 47, no 1, p. 1-25
Keywords [en]
history instruction, intercultural competence, multicultural education, cultural diversity, school history
National Category
History Educational Sciences
Research subject
History
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-38209DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2014.956795ISI: 000346845700001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-38209DiVA, id: diva2:861872
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Historieundervisningens processer i det mångkulturella samhället
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Swedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2015-10-19 Created: 2015-10-19 Last updated: 2025-10-16Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Interkulturalitet och historia: Historieundervisningens teori och praktik i en mångkulturell värld
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Interkulturalitet och historia: Historieundervisningens teori och praktik i en mångkulturell värld
2023 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Alternative title[en]
Interculturality and History : The Theory and Practice of History Teaching in a Multicultural World
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate interculturality in history as an idea and practice. Two overarching research questions are raised, each concerning the theoretical and practical levels: How can history, as a field of knowledge and teaching, be related to intercultural learning as a normative practice? What obstacles and opportunities for teaching and learning emerge when intercultural historical learning is the goal? 

This thesis comprises four published studies. Through a hermeneutic process, the aspects of interculturality and history are investigated as interplays between theory and empirics and between generic outcomes and specific cases. Cases from three Swedish upper secondary history classrooms provide data. They are analysed narratively, using both analytical tools based on the theories of historical consciousness and historical thinking, as well as the framework of threshold concepts. 

Utilising the theory of powerful knowledge, interculturality, as a normative and extrinsic goal, is brought together with history as a dynamic body of knowledge. In the thesis, I argue that interculturality in history teaching is best understood as a shift in perspectives, adopting a specific gaze on historical narratives. The identified obstacles relate to the normativity of interculturality, the methodological nationalism of history and the pedagogical risk of fragmentation and deconstruction. A major result is the potential to construct complex, multidirectional narratives centred on cultural encounters and migration processes, which combine temporal and spatial layers to open the past for intercultural connections. There also seem to be specifically productive learning situations and liminal spaces in which students acquire new subject understandings. Finally, in a systematic approach, a didactic model of intercultural historical learning is presented, constituting the final, but still provisional, hermeneutic loop of the research project.

Abstract [sv]

Elever i dagens skola lever i en tid präglad av kulturell mångfald och rörelser av människor, vilket ställer samhället inför utmaningar. Denna avhandling menar att historia som skolämne har något värdefullt att tillföra för att rusta elever att förstå och orientera sig i en mångkulturell värld. Samtidigt finns inneboende spänningar i historieämnets möte med det mångkulturella samhället som blockerar denna potential. Tidigare berättelser om vad det innebär att leva i samhället tycks inte längre spegla den verklighet vi lever i. I avhandlingen undersöks vad interkulturalitet i historia kan vara som idé och praktik genom fyra studier. Studierna följer på varandra i en hermeneutisk process där teoriutveckling samspelar med praktiknära fallstudier från historieundervisningens klassrum.

Avhandlingen argumenterar för att interkulturalitet i historieundervisning bäst förstås som en perspektivförskjutning, ett erövrande av en specifik blick där interkulturalitet och historia ger varandra färg och olika tidsliga och rumsliga lager möts och kan öppna det förflutna för interkulturella kopplingar. Hur detta kan möjliggöras, liksom vilka svårigheter som kan uppstå, diskuteras i bokens kapitel. Slutligen föreslås för läraren en praktisk didaktisk modell för interkulturell historieundervisning.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstads universitet, 2023. p. 260
Series
Studier i de samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik ; 43Karlstad University Studies, ISSN 1403-8099 ; 2023:25
Keywords
history education, intercultural competence, multicultural education, historical consciousness, classroom studies, case study, historial inquiry, didactic model, historieundervisning, interkulturell kompetens, mångkulturalitet, historiemedvetande, klassrumsstudier, fallstudie, frågedriven undervisning, didaktisk modell
National Category
History Didactics Educational Sciences
Research subject
History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-96520 (URN)978-91-7867-394-0 (ISBN)978-91-7867-395-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2023-10-13, 9C 203, Karlstad, 13:00 (Swedish)
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Supervisors
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 721-2009-6095Swedish National Heritage Board, 3.2.2-6367-2016
Available from: 2023-09-22 Created: 2023-08-29 Last updated: 2025-10-16Bibliographically approved

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