Historical Literacy as a Functional Category in the Primary Education Curriculum

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https://doi.org/10.54937/ssf.2026.25.1.98-106

Autor/ Author: Michal Veselei        

In: Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitas Catholica Ružomberok

ISSN: 1336-2232

Ročník/ Volume: XXV.

Číslo/ Issue: 1

Strany/ Page Range: 98-106

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2026

Jazyk/ Language: Slovak

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: The article analyzes the development of the concept of historical literacy in didactic discourse and its use in the Slovak curriculum for primary schools. The article then proposes a structure of competencies that would correspond to the definition of historical literacy as a set of competencies enabling pupils to construct an image of the past through research and also enabling them to engage in historical and commemorative culture. Historical literacy is thus defined through the ability to examine sources, the ability to answer inquiry-based historical questions, the ability to take a stance on the past, oneself, and the present, and the ability to analyze and use historical representations in contemporary cultural and artistic products and mass media. The proposed structure practically complements the Slovak curriculum for primary schools, in which such a structure is not specified.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: Competencies. Curriculum. Historical literacy. History teaching. Primary school.

Citácia/ How to cite:

VESELEI, Michal, 2026. Historická gramotnosť ako funkčná kategória v kurikule pre základné vzdelávanie. Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitas Catholica Ružomberok. Online. Roč. XXV., č. 1, s. 98-106. ISSN 1336-2232. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.54937/ssf.2026.25.1.98-106

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