Methodological strategies and use of digital resources for teaching history. Analysis through the memories and opinions of teachers in initial training

Abstract

The changes that have taken place in our society require new teaching strategies and new purposes that build citizenship with a critical spirit and awareness of belonging to a broad and multicultural world. The main objective of this research is to analyze the memories of secondary school teachers in training on the teaching methodology used in history classes, and their opinions on the most appropriate strategies to teach this subject. The research has been carried out in the specialty of Geography and History of the Teacher Training Master. Four groups were selected at the universities of Murcia, Málaga, Castilla-La Mancha and Almería in the 2018/2019 academic year, collecting a sample of 129 participants (n=129). The results show that there are no major differences between universities in both memories and intentions about the teaching methodology that they believe they should use in the History class. However, there are significant gender differences: women have more traditional memories of History classes, and they are more in favor of the use of digital resources.