Abstract

GOMEZ CARRASCO, Cosme J.  and  SAIZ, Jorge. Narrative Inquiry and Historical Skills. A Study in Teacher Training. REDIE [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.4, pp.20-34. ISSN 1607-4041.  https://doi.org/10.24320/redie.2017.19.4.910.

This paper addresses narrative thinking and literacy levels in future primary school teachers in Spain. It uses the study of a historical synthesis of one of the main narratives in Spanish history: the Christian expansion through Muslim territories in the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Accounts by 283 students of the degree in elementary school teaching at the universities of Valencia and Murcia were studied. The aim was to ascertain the students' discursive abilities with respect to their historical thinking skills. The results reveal poor narrative skills in future teachers and a very low level of historical literacy.

Keywords : Narrative inquiry; History education; Elementary school teacher training.

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