Development of Pupils’ Critical Thinking Skills in the Work with Historical Sources in Lithuania and Abroad Cover Image

Vytautas Čekanauskas; Honorary Consul General; 1977; Lithuanian Diplomatic Service; Los Angeles Lithuanians; Stasys Lozoraitis; Stasys A. Bačkis; Anicetas Simutis;
Development of Pupils’ Critical Thinking Skills in the Work with Historical Sources in Lithuania and Abroad

Author(s): Martynas Maniušis
Subject(s): History, Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: historical literacy; history teaching and learning; critical thinking; history didactics; historical source; general education programmes of history;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the general education programmes regulating the curriculum (in Lithuania and abroad) as well as the research on the development of critical thinking skills in the work with historical sources recording the requirements for the development of the understanding of the source. It presents the results of the empirical study identifying the problems faced by history teachers during history classes while developing pupils’ critical thinking in the course of their independent work with historical sources.

  • Issue Year: 111/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 97-128
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Lithuanian