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- Title
Not by the book: the teaching of history in Norwegian kindergartens.
- Authors
Redvaldsen, David
- Abstract
This article reports a local study of the presence of history as a subject in the kindergartens of Kristiansand, a municipality in southern Norway. There is no syllabus for history in the national curriculum; nevertheless, the research sought to find historical content in the kindergartens. The research method was informed by a precept of history didactics, namely that history is everywhere. Using this observation, tentative categories for content likely to feature history were formulated, and then searched for in the individual yearly plans of the kindergartens. This was supplemented by interviews. It is concluded that, in accordance with the national curriculum, history in the kindergartens is a local affair. It emerges especially through local history, visits to museums, and projects with historical features. This research was not designed to determine whether learning outcomes in history are achieved, nor to consider kindergartens outside Kristiansand. However, it references a corpus of literature on history in Norwegian kindergartens, and interacts with it. The conclusion about the presence of the subject is the same as was found for another city, Trondheim, in research by others. For international readers, the article also argues that in principle it is possible for young children to learn history orally and informally.
- Subjects
NORWAY; HISTORY education; HISTORY students; DIDACTIC method (Teaching method); CURRICULUM planning
- Publication
History Education Research Journal, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2631-9713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14324/HERJ.20.1.03