Constructivism in History Education: Amendment of Vulnerabilities Based on Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

• Ali Vahdati Daneshmand
• Narges Sajjadieh
• Afzal Sadat Hosseini

University of Tehran

10.22067/fedu.v8i2.73799

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to overcome the vulnerabilities of constructivism approach to history education and providing an alternative concept for student participation in this approach based on hermeneutical thought of Paul Ricoeur. The method of the research is conceptualization and philosophical induction. Findings indicate that constructivism in teaching history is vulnerable in positions like objectivity of the historical event and relativism in student interpretation. The metaphorical look to historical texts and the model of validation of guesses are the solutions that this article proposes. The appropriation of the world of historical text is also an alternative idea for active participation in learning.

Keywords

• Constructivism
• History education
• Hermeneutics
• Paul Ricoeur

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