Development of historical thinking in the classroom through a training programme for Secondary Education

Abstract

The evaluation of a training program is a valuable indicator of the planning followed to skillfully articulate the intervention and lines of action of any teaching process. This article describes the path taken to develop and evaluate a training program that deals with the teaching of history and the evaluation of historical competencies in Secondary Education, based on an innovative model that promotes the theory of historical thought as its main axis. This training program was implemented and evaluated with students from the Master's in Teacher Training in Secondary Education. For this purpose, a quantitative research was followed, specifically a non-‐experimental, descriptive design study, based on a survey. The results have been satisfactory, valuing the adequacy of the design and working model proposed. The objectives of the programme have been met, some of the best valued being those relating to learning in the design of didactic units for the teaching of history and the teaching of historical thought, which proved useful for their training as teachers. Likewise, it has been demonstrated that the learning of historical skills through the problematization of the past favors the construction of a citizenry capable of successfully dealing with the problems arising in today's society.