Hungary : Past and present of social science education in Hungary

Abstract: Purpose: We intent to provide a comprehensive picture of Hungarian social science education, to review the constituents of social science literacy, a systematic analysis of the curriculum and its changes since 1989 and of the available research in this field. Design/methodology/approach: The findings are based on the analysis of educational documents (e. g. curricula) and the review of the research publications in the field. Findings: Social science education is cross-curricular in Hungary. Among the different knowledge fields history has a decisive and dominant role. Other social science topics are mostly abandoned in everyday teaching practice. There is a growing centralization of the educational arena (e.g. government approved limited number of textbooks) and a growing emphasis on national identity and patriotism and a decreasing emphasis on Europe. The cross-curricular nature of social science education would require well trained teachers who are able to think critically and in.... https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/3273

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Hungary ; volume:19 ; number:1 ; day:16 ; month:01 ; year:2020 ; Journal of social science education ; 19, Heft 1 (16.01.2020)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Katinka Dancs ; Márta Fülöp

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-3273
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062918392135170390
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:44 MESZ